diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/IDECompilerMessagingTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/IDECompilerMessagingTest.java
index 16c50110b4c59464dffa4d8dbd8e6009ee86f84c..12bcf7defd83aa21f4a5ad9146ec3354c9be8c26 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/IDECompilerMessagingTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/IDECompilerMessagingTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compilerMessages;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.compiler.TranslatingCompiler;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.PlatformTestCase;
@@ -32,44 +33,12 @@ import static org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compilerMessages.Message.warning;
 /**
  * @author Pavel Talanov
  */
-public final class IDECompilerMessagingTest extends PlatformTestCase {
+public abstract class IDECompilerMessagingTest extends PlatformTestCase {
 
     private static final String TEST_DATA_PATH = PluginTestCaseBase.getTestDataPathBase() + "/compilerMessages";
 
-    public void testHelloWorld() {
-        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
-            @Override
-            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
-                //nothing apart from header
-                return null;
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-
-    public void testSimpleWarning() {
-        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
-            @Override
-            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
-                checker.expect(warning().text("Unnecessary non-null assertion (!!) on a non-null receiver of type jet.String")
-                                       .at("test.kt", 4, 4));
-                return null;
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    public void testSimpleError() {
-        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
-            @Override
-            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
-                checker.expect(
-                        error().text("A 'return' expression required in a function with a block body ('{...}')").at("test.kt", 5, 1));
-                return null;
-            }
-        });
-    }
 
-    private void doTest(@NotNull Function1<MessageChecker, Void> whatToExpect) {
+    protected void performTest(Function1<MessageChecker, Void> whatToExpect, @NotNull TranslatingCompiler compiler) {
         String pathToTestDir = TEST_DATA_PATH + "/" + getTestName(true);
         VirtualFile testDir = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().findFileByPath(pathToTestDir);
         VirtualFile sampleFile = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().findFileByPath(pathToTestDir + "/src/test.kt");
@@ -77,7 +46,7 @@ public final class IDECompilerMessagingTest extends PlatformTestCase {
         VirtualFile root = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().findFileByPath(pathToTestDir + "/src/");
         MockCompileContext mockCompileContext = new MockCompileContext(myModule, outDirectory, root);
         MockModuleChunk mockModuleChunk = new MockModuleChunk(myModule);
-        new JetCompiler()
+        compiler
                 .compile(mockCompileContext, mockModuleChunk, new VirtualFile[] {sampleFile}, new MockOutputSink());
         MessageChecker checker = new MessageChecker(mockCompileContext);
         checkHeader(checker);
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/JetCompilerMessagingTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/JetCompilerMessagingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b73d19029160c8e48bd70dd92987e00c6cdac38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/compilerMessages/JetCompilerMessagingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compilerMessages;
+
+import jet.Function1;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compiler.JetCompiler;
+
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compilerMessages.Message.error;
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.compilerMessages.Message.warning;
+
+/**
+ * @author Pavel Talanov
+ */
+public final class JetCompilerMessagingTest extends IDECompilerMessagingTest {
+
+
+    public void testHelloWorld() {
+        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
+            @Override
+            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
+                //nothing apart from header
+                return null;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    public void testSimpleWarning() {
+        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
+            @Override
+            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
+                checker.expect(warning().text("Unnecessary non-null assertion (!!) on a non-null receiver of type jet.String")
+                                       .at("test.kt", 4, 4));
+                return null;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void testSimpleError() {
+        doTest(new Function1<MessageChecker, Void>() {
+            @Override
+            public Void invoke(MessageChecker checker) {
+                checker.expect(
+                        error().text("A 'return' expression required in a function with a block body ('{...}')").at("test.kt", 5, 1));
+                return null;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void doTest(@NotNull Function1<MessageChecker, Void> whatToExpect) {
+        JetCompiler compiler = new JetCompiler();
+        performTest(whatToExpect, compiler);
+    }
+}