diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/BasicIrBoxTest.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/BasicIrBoxTest.kt
index 42f3d48df12..4b83e0db418 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/BasicIrBoxTest.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/BasicIrBoxTest.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ abstract class BasicIrBoxTest(
     ) {
         val runtime = listOf(
             "libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/core.kt",
+            "libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/exceptions.kt",
             "libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/annotations.kt",
             "libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/internalAnnotations.kt",
             "libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/typeCheckUtils.kt"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/fail.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/fail.kt
index c06f20cc1f1..ac818be21fb 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/fail.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/fail.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ package kotlin
 // see StdLibTestBase.removeAdHocAssertions
 
 fun fail(message: String? = null): Nothing {
-    js("throw new Error(message)")
-    null!!
+    throw Exception(message)
 }
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diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/exceptions.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/exceptions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81501c9343f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js/irRuntime/exceptions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package kotlin
+
+open class Exception(override val message: String?, override val cause: Throwable?) : Throwable() {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(_message: String?) : this(_message, null)
+    constructor(_cause: Throwable?) : this(null, _cause)
+}
+
+open class RuntimeException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : Exception(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+    constructor(cause: Throwable?) : this(null, cause)
+}
+
+open class IllegalArgumentException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : RuntimeException(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+    constructor(cause: Throwable?) : this(null, cause)
+}
+
+open class IllegalStateException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : RuntimeException(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+    constructor(cause: Throwable?) : this(null, cause)
+}
+
+open class ClassCastException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : RuntimeException(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+}
+
+open class NullPointerException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : RuntimeException(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+}
+
+open class IndexOutOfBoundsException(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : RuntimeException(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: String?) : this(message, null)
+}
+
+open class AssertionError(message: String?, cause: Throwable?) : Exception(message, cause) {
+    constructor() : this(null, null)
+    constructor(message: Any?) : this(message?.toString(), message as? Throwable)
+
+}
+
+
+// TODO: fix function names to satisfy style convention (depends on built-in names)
+fun THROW_CCE() {
+    throw ClassCastException()
+}
+fun THROW_NPE() {
+    throw NullPointerException()
+}
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