diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/gradle.properties b/libraries/stdlib/gradle.properties
index 49005b4378647..7ac86c2a54662 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/gradle.properties
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 kotlin.internal.suppressGradlePluginErrors=PreHMPPFlagsError
 kotlin.mpp.enableCompatibilityMetadataVariant=true
-kotlin.internal.mpp.createDefaultMultiplatformPublications=false
\ No newline at end of file
+kotlin.internal.mpp.createDefaultMultiplatformPublications=false
+kotlin.internal.archivesTaskOutputAsFriendModule=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
index e69ba0b56b5ad..05974d1be63d2 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ internal class PropertiesProvider private constructor(private val project: Proje
     val enableFusMetricsCollection: Boolean
         get() = booleanProperty(PropertyNames.KOTLIN_COLLECT_FUS_METRICS_ENABLED) ?: true
 
+    val archivesTaskOutputAsFriendModule: Boolean
+        get() = booleanProperty(PropertyNames.KOTLIN_ARCHIVES_TASK_OUTPUT_AS_FRIEND_ENABLED) ?: true
+
     /**
      * Retrieves a comma-separated list of browsers to use when running karma tests for [target]
      * @see KOTLIN_JS_KARMA_BROWSERS
@@ -725,6 +728,7 @@ internal class PropertiesProvider private constructor(private val project: Proje
             property("$KOTLIN_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE.incremental.enableUnsafeOptimizationsForMultiplatform")
         val KOTLIN_KLIBS_KT64115_WORKAROUND_ENABLED = property("$KOTLIN_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE.klibs.enableWorkaroundForKT64115")
         val KOTLIN_COLLECT_FUS_METRICS_ENABLED = property("$KOTLIN_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE.collectFUSMetrics")
+        val KOTLIN_ARCHIVES_TASK_OUTPUT_AS_FRIEND_ENABLED = property("$KOTLIN_INTERNAL_NAMESPACE.archivesTaskOutputAsFriendModule")
     }
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/compilationImpl/KotlinCompilationFriendPathsResolver.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/compilationImpl/KotlinCompilationFriendPathsResolver.kt
index ffc76b20697ca..ba2892bc8b31d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/compilationImpl/KotlinCompilationFriendPathsResolver.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/compilationImpl/KotlinCompilationFriendPathsResolver.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.compilationImpl
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.PropertiesProvider.Companion.kotlinPropertiesProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.getVisibleSourceSetsFromAssociateCompilations
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompileTool
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ internal class DefaultKotlinCompilationFriendPathsResolver(
 
     object DefaultFriendArtifactResolver : FriendArtifactResolver {
         override fun resolveFriendArtifacts(compilation: InternalKotlinCompilation<*>): FileCollection {
+            if (!compilation.project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.archivesTaskOutputAsFriendModule) return compilation.project.files()
+
             return with(compilation.project) {
                 val friendArtifactsTaskProvider = resolveFriendArtifactsTask(compilation) ?: return files()
                 filesProvider { friendArtifactsTaskProvider.flatMap { it.archiveFile } }