diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/privateClassVal.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/privateClassVal.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eaafec45535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/privateClassVal.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class Result {
+    private val value = "OK"
+
+    fun ref(): KMemberProperty<Result, String> = ::value
+}
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val p = Result().ref()
+    try {
+        p.get(Result())
+        return "Fail: private property is accessible by default"
+    } catch(e: IllegalAccessException) { }
+
+    return "OK"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 257d4fb5d7f..9080f40c293 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ public class BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCode
                 doTestWithStdlib("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/overriddenInSubclass.kt");
             }
             
+            @TestMetadata("privateClassVal.kt")
+            public void testPrivateClassVal() throws Exception {
+                doTestWithStdlib("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/privateClassVal.kt");
+            }
+            
             @TestMetadata("simpleExtension.kt")
             public void testSimpleExtension() throws Exception {
                 doTestWithStdlib("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/callableReference/property/simpleExtension.kt");
diff --git a/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/KMemberPropertyImpl.kt b/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/KMemberPropertyImpl.kt
index 2cee6e4e2c1..482a274f0c6 100644
--- a/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/KMemberPropertyImpl.kt
+++ b/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/KMemberPropertyImpl.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ open class KMemberPropertyImpl<T, out R>(
     // TODO: extract, make lazy (weak?), use our descriptors knowledge
     protected val getter: Method? =
             if (owner.origin == KClassOrigin.KOTLIN) {
-                owner.jClass.getMethod(getterName(name))
+                owner.jClass.getMaybeDeclaredMethod(getterName(name))
             }
             else null
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class KMutableMemberPropertyImpl<T, R>(
 ) : KMutableMemberProperty<T, R>, KMemberPropertyImpl<T, R>(name, owner) {
     private val setter: Method? =
             if (owner.origin == KClassOrigin.KOTLIN) {
-                owner.jClass.getMethod(setterName(name), getter!!.getReturnType()!!)
+                owner.jClass.getMaybeDeclaredMethod(setterName(name), getter!!.getReturnType()!!)
             }
             else null
 
diff --git a/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/util.kt b/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/util.kt
index b8a5c6368f5..b1ed0ac560a 100644
--- a/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/util.kt
+++ b/core/runtime.jvm/src/kotlin/reflect/jvm/internal/util.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package kotlin.reflect.jvm.internal
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 
 // TODO: use stdlib?
@@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ private fun getterName(propertyName: String): String = "get" + propertyName.capi
 private fun setterName(propertyName: String): String = "set" + propertyName.capitalizeWithJavaBeanConvention()
 
 
+private fun Class<*>.getMaybeDeclaredMethod(name: String, vararg parameterTypes: Class<*>): Method {
+    try {
+        return getMethod(name, *parameterTypes)
+    }
+    catch (e: NoSuchMethodException) {
+        // This is needed to support private methods
+        return getDeclaredMethod(name, *parameterTypes)
+    }
+}
+
+
 // TODO: should use weak references
 private val foreignKClasses: MutableMap<Class<*>, KClassImpl<*>> = ConcurrentHashMap()