diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/GetJavaObjectType.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/GetJavaObjectType.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d362d5e238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/GetJavaObjectType.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.intrinsics
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.codegen.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AsmUtil
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.inline.ReifiedTypeInliner
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrClassReference
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrFunctionAccessExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrGetClass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrTypeParameterSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.dump
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.AsmTypes
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Type
+
+object GetJavaObjectType : IntrinsicMethod() {
+
+    override fun invoke(expression: IrFunctionAccessExpression, codegen: ExpressionCodegen, data: BlockInfo): PromisedValue? =
+        when (val receiver = expression.extensionReceiver) {
+            is IrClassReference -> {
+                val symbol = receiver.symbol
+                if (symbol is IrTypeParameterSymbol) {
+                    assert(symbol.owner.isReified) {
+                        "Non-reified type parameter under ::class should be rejected by type checker: ${symbol.owner.dump()}"
+                    }
+                    codegen.putReifiedOperationMarkerIfTypeIsReifiedParameter(
+                        receiver.classType,
+                        ReifiedTypeInliner.OperationKind.JAVA_CLASS
+                    )
+                }
+                codegen.mv.aconst(AsmUtil.boxType(codegen.typeMapper.mapTypeAsDeclaration(receiver.classType)))
+
+                with(codegen) { expression.onStack }
+            }
+
+            is IrGetClass -> {
+                val argumentValue = receiver.argument.accept(codegen, data)
+                argumentValue.materialize()
+                val argumentType = argumentValue.type
+                when {
+                    argumentType == Type.VOID_TYPE ->
+                        codegen.mv.aconst(AsmTypes.UNIT_TYPE)
+
+                    AsmUtil.isPrimitive(argumentType) ||
+                            AsmUtil.unboxPrimitiveTypeOrNull(argumentType) != null -> {
+                        AsmUtil.pop(codegen.mv, argumentType)
+                        codegen.mv.aconst(AsmUtil.boxType(argumentType))
+                    }
+
+                    else ->
+                        codegen.mv.invokevirtual("java/lang/Object", "getClass", "()Ljava/lang/Class;", false)
+                }
+
+                with(codegen) { expression.onStack }
+            }
+
+            else ->
+                null
+        }
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/IrIntrinsicMethods.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/IrIntrinsicMethods.kt
index 6f4e2d77fd9..0114c03e1b9 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/IrIntrinsicMethods.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/IrIntrinsicMethods.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class IrIntrinsicMethods(val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns, val symbols: JvmSymbols) {
     private val intrinsicsMap = (
             listOf(
                 Key(kotlinJvm, FqName("T"), "<get-javaClass>", emptyList()) to JavaClassProperty,
+                Key(kotlinJvm, KotlinBuiltIns.FQ_NAMES.kClass.toSafe(), "<get-javaObjectType>", emptyList()) to GetJavaObjectType,
                 Key(
                     kotlinJvm,
                     KotlinBuiltIns.FQ_NAMES.kClass.toSafe(),
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsics/javaObjectType.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsics/javaObjectType.kt
index e77b25d4fc2..a80fac6a2f4 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsics/javaObjectType.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsics/javaObjectType.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 class A {
 }