diff --git a/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/build.gradle.kts b/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
index bc6b13960d..0311dc3a49 100644
--- a/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipFile
 
 evaluationDependsOn(":kotlin-analysis-api")
 
-val kotlinBaseVersion: String by project
 val signingKey: String? by project
 val signingPassword: String? by project
 
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ tasks.withType<ShadowJar> {
         relocate(f, t)
     }
     mergeServiceFiles()
+    exclude("META-INF/compiler.version")
 
     // All bundled dependencies should be renamed.
     doLast {
@@ -203,3 +203,30 @@ signing {
     useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingKey, signingPassword)
     sign(extensions.getByType<PublishingExtension>().publications)
 }
+
+abstract class WriteVersionSrcTask @Inject constructor(
+    @get:Input val kotlinVersion: String,
+    @get:OutputDirectory val outputResDir: File
+) : DefaultTask() {
+    @TaskAction
+    fun generate() {
+        val metaInfDir = File(outputResDir, "META-INF")
+        metaInfDir.mkdirs()
+        File(metaInfDir, "ksp.compiler.version").writeText(kotlinVersion)
+    }
+}
+
+val kspVersionDir = File(project.buildDir, "generated/ksp-versions/META-INF")
+val writeVersionSrcTask = tasks.register<WriteVersionSrcTask>(
+    "generateKSPVersions",
+    aaKotlinBaseVersion,
+    kspVersionDir
+)
+
+kotlin {
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            resources.srcDir(writeVersionSrcTask.map { it.outputResDir })
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/KotlinCompilerVersion.java b/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/KotlinCompilerVersion.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dc7125207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symbol-processing-aa-embeddable/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/KotlinCompilerVersion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.config;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class KotlinCompilerVersion {
+  public static final String VERSION_FILE_PATH = "/META-INF/ksp.compiler.version";
+  public static final String VERSION;
+
+  // True if the latest stable language version supported by this compiler has not yet been released.
+  // Binaries produced by this compiler with that language version (or any future language version) are going to be marked
+  // as "pre-release" and will not be loaded by release versions of the compiler.
+  // Change this value before and after every major release
+  private static final boolean IS_PRE_RELEASE = true;
+
+  public static final String TEST_IS_PRE_RELEASE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY = "kotlin.test.is.pre.release";
+
+  public static boolean isPreRelease() {
+    String overridden = System.getProperty(TEST_IS_PRE_RELEASE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY);
+    if (overridden != null) {
+      return Boolean.parseBoolean(overridden);
+    }
+
+    return IS_PRE_RELEASE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return version of this compiler, or `null` if it isn't known (if VERSION is "@snapshot@")
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  public static String getVersion() {
+    return VERSION.equals("@snapshot@") ? null : VERSION;
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings({"TryFinallyCanBeTryWithResources", "ConstantConditions"})
+  private static String loadKotlinCompilerVersion() throws IOException {
+    BufferedReader versionReader = new BufferedReader(
+        new InputStreamReader(KotlinCompilerVersion.class.getResourceAsStream(VERSION_FILE_PATH)));
+    try {
+      return versionReader.readLine();
+    } finally {
+      versionReader.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      VERSION = loadKotlinCompilerVersion();
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to read compiler version from " + VERSION_FILE_PATH);
+    }
+  }
+}