diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/FileBasedKotlinClass.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/FileBasedKotlinClass.java
index 14c558291e2..a5c392f88ce 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/FileBasedKotlinClass.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/FileBasedKotlinClass.java
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name;
-import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
-import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor;
-import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.FieldVisitor;
-import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.*;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -187,6 +184,12 @@ public abstract class FileBasedKotlinClass implements KotlinJvmBinaryClass {
                 };
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor visitAnnotation(String name, @NotNull String desc) {
+                AnnotationArgumentVisitor arv = v.visitAnnotation(Name.guess(name), resolveNameByDesc(desc, innerClasses));
+                return arv == null ? null : convertAnnotationVisitor(arv, innerClasses);
+            }
+
             @Override
             public void visitEnum(String name, @NotNull String desc, @NotNull String value) {
                 v.visitEnum(Name.identifier(name), resolveNameByDesc(desc, innerClasses), Name.identifier(value));
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/BinaryClassAnnotationAndConstantLoaderImpl.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/BinaryClassAnnotationAndConstantLoaderImpl.kt
index 3f1075a2a45..78504d9db8b 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/BinaryClassAnnotationAndConstantLoaderImpl.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/BinaryClassAnnotationAndConstantLoaderImpl.kt
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@ public class BinaryClassAnnotationAndConstantLoaderImpl(
                 }
             }
 
+            override fun visitAnnotation(name: Name, classId: ClassId): KotlinJvmBinaryClass.AnnotationArgumentVisitor? {
+                val list = ArrayList<AnnotationDescriptor>()
+                val visitor = loadAnnotation(classId, list)!!
+                return object: KotlinJvmBinaryClass.AnnotationArgumentVisitor by visitor {
+                    override fun visitEnd() {
+                        visitor.visitEnd()
+                        setArgumentValueByName(name, AnnotationValue(list.single()))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // NOTE: see analogous code in AnnotationDeserializer
             private fun enumEntryValue(enumClassId: ClassId, name: Name): CompileTimeConstant<*> {
                 val enumClass = resolveClass(enumClassId)
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/KotlinJvmBinaryClass.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/KotlinJvmBinaryClass.java
index 9dc298c3776..c5d452be9e5 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/KotlinJvmBinaryClass.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/KotlinJvmBinaryClass.java
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public interface KotlinJvmBinaryClass {
 
         void visitEnum(@NotNull Name name, @NotNull ClassId enumClassId, @NotNull Name enumEntryName);
 
+        @Nullable
+        AnnotationArgumentVisitor visitAnnotation(@NotNull Name name, @NotNull ClassId classId);
+
         @Nullable
         AnnotationArrayArgumentVisitor visitArray(@NotNull Name name);
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
index 2ef14721a66..8d378365ded 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ public class ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor implements AnnotationVisitor
             return null;
         }
 
+        @Nullable
+        @Override
+        public AnnotationArgumentVisitor visitAnnotation(@NotNull Name name, @NotNull ClassId classId) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         @NotNull
         private AnnotationArrayArgumentVisitor stringArrayVisitor() {
             final List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>(1);