diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/functions/FunctionN.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/functions/FunctionN.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9478179a632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/functions/FunctionN.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * 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.jvm.functions
+
+import kotlin.jvm.internal.FunctionBase
+
+/**
+ * A function that takes N >= 23 arguments.
+ *
+ * This interface must only be used in Java sources to reference a Kotlin function type with more than 22 arguments.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+interface FunctionN<out R> : Function<R>, FunctionBase<R> {
+    /**
+     * Invokes the function with the specified arguments.
+     *
+     * Must **throw exception** if the length of passed [args] is not equal to the parameter count returned by [arity].
+     *
+     * @param args arguments to the function
+     */
+    operator fun invoke(vararg args: Any?): R
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of arguments that must be passed to this function.
+     */
+    override val arity: Int
+}
diff --git a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-runtime.txt b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-runtime.txt
index c7842c9d88e..323d11ad5ba 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-runtime.txt
+++ b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-runtime.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ public abstract interface class kotlin/jvm/functions/Function9 : kotlin/Function
 	public abstract fun invoke (Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 }
 
+public abstract interface class kotlin/jvm/functions/FunctionN : kotlin/Function, kotlin/jvm/internal/FunctionBase {
+	public abstract fun getArity ()I
+	public abstract fun invoke ([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+}
+
 public final class kotlin/jvm/internal/ArrayIteratorKt {
 	public static final fun iterator ([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/util/Iterator;
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
index 9df656a7a92..6071f6bf21d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
+++ b/libraries/tools/binary-compatibility-validator/reference-public-api/kotlin-stdlib-runtime-merged.txt
@@ -3172,6 +3172,11 @@ public abstract interface class kotlin/jvm/functions/Function9 : kotlin/Function
 	public abstract fun invoke (Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 }
 
+public abstract interface class kotlin/jvm/functions/FunctionN : kotlin/Function, kotlin/jvm/internal/FunctionBase {
+	public abstract fun getArity ()I
+	public abstract fun invoke ([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+}
+
 public final class kotlin/jvm/internal/ArrayIteratorKt {
 	public static final fun iterator ([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/util/Iterator;
 }