diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/KotlinBuiltIns.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/KotlinBuiltIns.java
index 4f4141383e9..42e178b124f 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/KotlinBuiltIns.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/builtins/KotlinBuiltIns.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class KotlinBuiltIns {
     private KotlinBuiltIns() {
         LockBasedStorageManager storageManager = new LockBasedStorageManager();
         builtInsModule = new ModuleDescriptorImpl(
-                Name.special("<built-ins module>"), storageManager, ModuleParameters.Empty.INSTANCE$
+                Name.special("<built-ins module>"), storageManager, ModuleParameters.Empty.INSTANCE$, this
         );
 
         PackageFragmentProvider packageFragmentProvider = BuiltinsPackage.createBuiltInPackageFragmentProvider(
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/ModuleDescriptorImpl.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/ModuleDescriptorImpl.kt
index 6a337c85acc..d33fd496b39 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/ModuleDescriptorImpl.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/ModuleDescriptorImpl.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 public class ModuleDescriptorImpl(
         moduleName: Name,
         private val storageManager: StorageManager,
-        private val moduleParameters: ModuleParameters
+        private val moduleParameters: ModuleParameters,
+        override val builtIns: KotlinBuiltIns
 ) : DeclarationDescriptorImpl(Annotations.EMPTY, moduleName), ModuleDescriptor, ModuleParameters by moduleParameters {
     init {
         if (!moduleName.isSpecial()) {
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ public class ModuleDescriptorImpl(
         }
     }
 
+    public constructor(
+            moduleName: Name,
+            storageManager: StorageManager,
+            moduleParameters: ModuleParameters
+    ) : this(moduleName, storageManager, moduleParameters, KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance())
+
     private var dependencies: ModuleDependencies? = null
     private var packageFragmentProviderForModuleContent: PackageFragmentProvider? = null
 
@@ -102,9 +109,6 @@ public class ModuleDescriptorImpl(
         assert(friend != this) { "Attempt to make module $id a friend to itself" }
         friendModules.add(friend)
     }
-
-    override val builtIns: KotlinBuiltIns
-        get() = KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance()
 }
 
 public interface ModuleDependencies {