diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
index 25e2d1b53bb..c0417535021 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ internal val provisionalFunctionExpressionPhase = makeKonanModuleLoweringPhase(
     description = "Transform IrFunctionExpression to a local function reference"
 )
 
+internal val flattenStringConcatenationPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
+        ::FlattenStringConcatenationLowering,
+        name = "FlattenStringConcatenationLowering",
+        description = "Flatten nested string concatenation expressions into a single IrStringConcatenation"
+)
+
 internal val stringConcatenationPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
         ::StringConcatenationLowering,
         name = "StringConcatenation",
@@ -359,5 +365,6 @@ internal val ifNullExpressionsFusionPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
 internal val foldConstantLoweringPhase = makeKonanFileOpPhase(
         { context, irFile -> FoldConstantLowering(context).lower(irFile) },
         name = "FoldConstantLowering",
-        description = "Constant Folding"
+        description = "Constant Folding",
+        prerequisite = setOf(flattenStringConcatenationPhase)
 )
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diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
index 79d0b992b96..36fe357b15b 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
@@ -359,11 +359,12 @@ internal val allLoweringsPhase = NamedCompilerPhase(
                         lower = listOf(
                             rangeContainsLoweringPhase,
                             forLoopsPhase,
+                            flattenStringConcatenationPhase,
+                            foldConstantLoweringPhase,
                             stringConcatenationPhase,
                             enumConstructorsPhase,
                             initializersPhase,
                             localFunctionsPhase,
-                            foldConstantLoweringPhase,
                             tailrecPhase,
                             defaultParameterExtentPhase,
                             innerClassPhase,