diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspSubplugin.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspSubplugin.kt
index 45c47677d7..49ad5c4e54 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspSubplugin.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspSubplugin.kt
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ class KspGradleSubplugin @Inject internal constructor(private val registry: Tool
                         configureAsAbstractKotlinCompileTool(kspTask as AbstractKotlinCompileTool<*>)
                         configurePluginOptions(kspTask)
                         kspTask.compilerOptions.noJdk.value(kotlinCompileTask.compilerOptions.noJdk)
+                        kspTask.compilerOptions.jvmTarget.value(kotlinCompileTask.compilerOptions.jvmTarget)
                         kspTask.compilerOptions.verbose.convention(kotlinCompilation.compilerOptions.options.verbose)
                         // Read from kotlinCompileTask's language version as
                         // kspTask's language version is yet to be configured by configurator.
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/PlaygroundIT.kt b/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/PlaygroundIT.kt
index 14d8ebdc8e..42846fc7f0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/PlaygroundIT.kt
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/PlaygroundIT.kt
@@ -282,4 +282,36 @@ class PlaygroundIT {
 
         project.restore("workload/build.gradle.kts")
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testProjectExtensionCompilerOptions() {
+        val properties = File(project.root, "gradle.properties")
+        properties.writeText(
+            properties.readText().replace(
+                "kotlin.jvm.target.validation.mode=warning",
+                "kotlin.jvm.target.validation.mode=error"
+            )
+        )
+        val buildFile = File(project.root, "workload/build.gradle.kts")
+        buildFile.appendText(
+            """
+            kotlin {
+                compilerOptions {
+                    jvmTarget.set(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget.JVM_17)
+               }
+            }
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val gradleRunner = GradleRunner.create().withProjectDir(project.root).withGradleVersion("8.0")
+        gradleRunner.withArguments("clean", "build").buildAndFail().let { result ->
+            Assert.assertTrue(
+                result.output.contains(
+                    "'compileJava' task (current target is 11) and 'kspKotlin' " +
+                        "task (current target is 17) jvm target compatibility should be set to the same Java version."
+                )
+            )
+        }
+        project.restore(buildFile.path)
+        project.restore(properties.path)
+    }
 }