diff --git a/bin/idea.sh b/bin/idea.sh
index ad89aedacbc..35162ce943c 100644
--- a/bin/idea.sh
+++ b/bin/idea.sh
@@ -147,13 +147,7 @@ add_replacement() {
 add_replacement "###MODULE_NAMES###" "$MODULE_NAMES"
 add_replacement "###VCS_TYPE###" "$VCS_TYPE"
 SPEC_DIR=`dirname $SPEC`
-if [ "x$CYGPATH" = "x" ]; then
-    add_replacement "###BUILD_DIR###" "$SPEC_DIR"
-    add_replacement "###JTREG_HOME###" "$JT_HOME"
-    add_replacement "###IMAGES_DIR###" "$SPEC_DIR/images/jdk"
-    add_replacement "###ROOT_DIR###" "$TOPLEVEL_DIR"
-    add_replacement "###IDEA_DIR###" "$IDEA_OUTPUT"
-else
+if [ "x$CYGPATH" != "x" ]; then
     add_replacement "###BUILD_DIR###" "`cygpath -am $SPEC_DIR`"
     add_replacement "###IMAGES_DIR###" "`cygpath -am $SPEC_DIR`/images/jdk"
     add_replacement "###ROOT_DIR###" "`cygpath -am $TOPLEVEL_DIR`"
@@ -163,6 +157,22 @@ else
     else
       add_replacement "###JTREG_HOME###" "`cygpath -am $JT_HOME`"
     fi
+elif [ "x$WSL_DISTRO_NAME" != "x" ]; then
+    add_replacement "###BUILD_DIR###" "`wslpath -am $SPEC_DIR`"
+    add_replacement "###IMAGES_DIR###" "`wslpath -am $SPEC_DIR`/images/jdk"
+    add_replacement "###ROOT_DIR###" "`wslpath -am $TOPLEVEL_DIR`"
+    add_replacement "###IDEA_DIR###" "`wslpath -am $IDEA_OUTPUT`"
+    if [ "x$JT_HOME" = "x" ]; then
+      add_replacement "###JTREG_HOME###" ""
+    else
+      add_replacement "###JTREG_HOME###" "`wslpath -am $JT_HOME`"
+    fi
+else
+    add_replacement "###BUILD_DIR###" "$SPEC_DIR"
+    add_replacement "###JTREG_HOME###" "$JT_HOME"
+    add_replacement "###IMAGES_DIR###" "$SPEC_DIR/images/jdk"
+    add_replacement "###ROOT_DIR###" "$TOPLEVEL_DIR"
+    add_replacement "###IDEA_DIR###" "$IDEA_OUTPUT"
 fi
 
 SOURCE_PREFIX="<sourceFolder url=\"file://"
@@ -170,7 +180,9 @@ SOURCE_POSTFIX="\" isTestSource=\"false\" />"
 
 for root in $MODULE_ROOTS; do
     if [ "x$CYGPATH" != "x" ]; then
-    	root=`cygpath -am $root`
+      root=`cygpath -am $root`
+    elif [ "x$WSL_DISTRO_NAME" != "x" ]; then
+      root=`wslpath -am $root`
     fi
     SOURCES=$SOURCES" $SOURCE_PREFIX""$root""$SOURCE_POSTFIX"
 done
@@ -196,16 +208,30 @@ fi
 CP=$ANT_HOME/lib/ant.jar
 rm -rf $CLASSES; mkdir $CLASSES
 
-if [ "x$CYGPATH" = "x" ] ; then ## CYGPATH may be set in env.cfg
-  JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE=$IDEA_OUTPUT/src/idea/IdeaLoggerWrapper.java
-  JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH=$IDEA_OUTPUT/src
-  JAVAC_CLASSES=$CLASSES
-  JAVAC_CP=$CP
-else
+if [ "x$CYGPATH" != "x" ] ; then ## CYGPATH may be set in env.cfg
   JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE=`cygpath -am $IDEA_OUTPUT/src/idea/IdeaLoggerWrapper.java`
   JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH=`cygpath -am $IDEA_OUTPUT/src`
   JAVAC_CLASSES=`cygpath -am $CLASSES`
   JAVAC_CP=`cygpath -am $CP`
+  JAVAC=javac
+elif [ "x$WSL_DISTRO_NAME" != "x" ]; then
+  JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE=`realpath --relative-to=./ $IDEA_OUTPUT/src/idea/IdeaLoggerWrapper.java`
+  JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH=`realpath --relative-to=./ $IDEA_OUTPUT/src`
+  JAVAC_CLASSES=`realpath --relative-to=./ $CLASSES`
+  ANT_TEMP=`mktemp -d -p ./`
+  cp $ANT_HOME/lib/ant.jar $ANT_TEMP/ant.jar
+  JAVAC_CP=$ANT_TEMP/ant.jar
+  JAVAC=javac.exe
+else
+  JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE=$IDEA_OUTPUT/src/idea/IdeaLoggerWrapper.java
+  JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH=$IDEA_OUTPUT/src
+  JAVAC_CLASSES=$CLASSES
+  JAVAC_CP=$CP
+  JAVAC=javac
 fi
 
-$BOOT_JDK/bin/javac -d $JAVAC_CLASSES -sourcepath $JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH -cp $JAVAC_CP $JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE
+$BOOT_JDK/bin/$JAVAC -d $JAVAC_CLASSES -sourcepath $JAVAC_SOURCE_PATH -cp $JAVAC_CP $JAVAC_SOURCE_FILE
+
+if [ "x$WSL_DISTRO_NAME" != "x" ]; then
+  rm -rf $ANT_TEMP
+fi
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