diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/CliVirtualFileFinder.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/CliVirtualFileFinder.kt
index 79a87651af529..6035f6ab1e6e8 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/CliVirtualFileFinder.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/CliVirtualFileFinder.kt
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ class CliVirtualFileFinder(
     private val scope: GlobalSearchScope
 ) : VirtualFileFinder() {
     override fun findVirtualFileWithHeader(classId: ClassId): VirtualFile? =
-        findBinaryClass(classId, classId.relativeClassName.asString().replace('.', '$') + ".class")
+        findBinaryOrSigClass(classId)
 
     override fun findSourceOrBinaryVirtualFile(classId: ClassId) =
-        findBinaryClass(classId, classId.relativeClassName.asString().replace('.', '$') + ".class")
+        findBinaryOrSigClass(classId)
             ?: findSourceClass(classId, classId.relativeClassName.asString() + ".java")
 
     override fun findMetadata(classId: ClassId): InputStream? {
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ class CliVirtualFileFinder(
             dir.findChild(fileName)?.takeIf(VirtualFile::isValid)
         }?.takeIf { it in scope }
 
+    private fun findBinaryOrSigClass(classId: ClassId, simpleName: String, rootType: Set<JavaRoot.RootType>) =
+        index.findClass(classId, acceptedRootTypes = rootType) { dir, _ ->
+            (dir.findChild("$simpleName.class") ?: dir.findChild("$simpleName.sig"))?.takeIf(VirtualFile::isValid)
+        }?.takeIf { it in scope }
+
+    private fun findBinaryOrSigClass(classId: ClassId) =
+        findBinaryOrSigClass(classId, classId.relativeClassName.asString().replace('.', '$'), JavaRoot.OnlyBinary)
+
     private fun findBinaryClass(classId: ClassId, fileName: String) = findClass(classId, fileName, JavaRoot.OnlyBinary)
     private fun findSourceClass(classId: ClassId, fileName: String) = findClass(classId, fileName, JavaRoot.OnlySource)
 }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl.kt
index 692a3b9d4f842..cc9f18d5b49b1 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl.kt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl(private val myPsiManager: PsiManager) : CoreJ
         val (classId, classFileContentFromRequest, outerClassFromRequest) = request
         val virtualFile = findVirtualFileForTopLevelClass(classId, searchScope) ?: return null
 
-        if (!usePsiClassFilesReading && virtualFile.extension == "class") {
+        if (!usePsiClassFilesReading && (virtualFile.extension == "class" || virtualFile.extension == "sig")) {
             // We return all class files' names in the directory in knownClassNamesInPackage method, so one may request an inner class
             return binaryCache.getOrPut(classId) {
                 // Note that currently we implicitly suppose that searchScope for binary classes is constant and we do not use it
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl(private val myPsiManager: PsiManager) : CoreJ
 
         val vFile = when (rootType) {
             JavaRoot.RootType.BINARY -> packageDir.findChild("$topLevelClassName.class")
+            JavaRoot.RootType.BINARY_SIG -> packageDir.findChild("$topLevelClassName.sig")
             JavaRoot.RootType.SOURCE -> packageDir.findChild("$topLevelClassName.java")
         } ?: return null
 
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ class KotlinCliJavaFileManagerImpl(private val myPsiManager: PsiManager) : CoreJ
         val result = THashSet<String>()
         index.traverseDirectoriesInPackage(packageFqName, continueSearch = { dir, _ ->
             for (child in dir.children) {
-                if (child.extension == "class" || child.extension == "java") {
+                if (child.extension == "class" || child.extension == "java" || child.extension == "sig") {
                     result.add(child.nameWithoutExtension)
                 }
             }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndex.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndex.kt
index f470e2c46aef3..6896826bc8642 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndex.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndex.kt
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ interface JvmDependenciesIndex {
 data class JavaRoot(val file: VirtualFile, val type: RootType, val prefixFqName: FqName? = null) {
     enum class RootType {
         SOURCE,
-        BINARY
+        BINARY,
+        BINARY_SIG
     }
 
     companion object RootTypes {
-        val OnlyBinary: Set<RootType> = EnumSet.of(RootType.BINARY)
+        val OnlyBinary: Set<RootType> = EnumSet.of(RootType.BINARY, RootType.BINARY_SIG)
         val OnlySource: Set<RootType> = EnumSet.of(RootType.SOURCE)
-        val SourceAndBinary: Set<RootType> = EnumSet.of(RootType.BINARY, RootType.SOURCE)
+        val SourceAndBinary: Set<RootType> = EnumSet.of(RootType.BINARY, RootType.BINARY_SIG, RootType.SOURCE)
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndexImpl.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndexImpl.kt
index bf901db9ef7c2..e7985ba5a7728 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndexImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/index/JvmDependenciesIndexImpl.kt
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ class JvmDependenciesIndexImpl(_roots: List<JavaRoot>) : JvmDependenciesIndex {
 
         val fileExtension = when (rootType) {
             JavaRoot.RootType.BINARY -> JavaClassFileType.INSTANCE.defaultExtension
+            JavaRoot.RootType.BINARY_SIG -> "sig"
             JavaRoot.RootType.SOURCE -> JavaFileType.INSTANCE.defaultExtension
         }