diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanFqNames.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanFqNames.kt
index ce306653895..038dfce4097 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanFqNames.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanFqNames.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object KonanFqNames {
     val nativePtr = internalPackageName.child(Name.identifier(NATIVE_PTR_NAME)).toUnsafe()
     val nonNullNativePtr = internalPackageName.child(Name.identifier(NON_NULL_NATIVE_PTR_NAME)).toUnsafe()
     val Vector128 = packageName.child(Name.identifier(VECTOR128))
-    val throws = FqName("kotlin.native.Throws")
+    val throws = FqName("kotlin.Throws")
     val threadLocal = FqName("kotlin.native.concurrent.ThreadLocal")
     val sharedImmutable = FqName("kotlin.native.concurrent.SharedImmutable")
     val frozen = FqName("kotlin.native.internal.Frozen")
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Annotations.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Annotations.kt
index b52e88b0b06..2a908fb2ce2 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Annotations.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Annotations.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package kotlin
 import kotlin.annotation.AnnotationRetention.BINARY
 import kotlin.annotation.AnnotationRetention.SOURCE
 import kotlin.annotation.AnnotationTarget.*
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
 /**
  * Marks the annotated declaration as deprecated.
@@ -148,4 +149,23 @@ public annotation class DslMarker
 @Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
 @MustBeDocumented
 @SinceKotlin("1.1")
-public annotation class PublishedApi
\ No newline at end of file
+public annotation class PublishedApi
+
+/**
+ * This annotation indicates what exceptions should be declared by a function when compiled to a platform method.
+ *
+ * When compiling to Objective-C/Swift framework, functions having or inheriting
+ * this annotation are represented as `NSError*`-producing methods in Objective-C
+ * and as `throws` methods in Swift.
+ *
+ * When Kotlin function called from Swift/Objective-C code throws an exception
+ * which is an instance of one of the [exceptionClasses] or their subclasses,
+ * it is propagated as `NSError`. Other Kotlin exceptions reaching Swift/Objective-C
+ * are considered unhandled and cause program termination.
+ *
+ * @property exceptionClasses the list of checked exception classes that may be thrown by the function.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.4")
+@Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION, AnnotationTarget.CONSTRUCTOR)
+@Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
+public actual annotation class Throws(actual vararg val exceptionClasses: KClass<out Throwable>)
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
index 77f4985e03c..cf8897d623a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
@@ -32,24 +32,9 @@ public annotation class Retain
 public annotation class RetainForTarget(val target: String)
 
 
-// TODO: merge with [kotlin.jvm.Throws]
-/**
- * This annotation indicates what exceptions should be declared by a function when compiled to a platform method.
- *
- * When compiling to Objective-C/Swift framework, functions having or inheriting
- * this annotation are represented as `NSError*`-producing methods in Objective-C
- * and as `throws` methods in Swift.
- *
- * When Kotlin function called from Swift/Objective-C code throws an exception
- * which is an instance of one of the [exceptionClasses] or their subclasses,
- * it is propagated as `NSError`. Other Kotlin exceptions reaching Swift/Objective-C
- * are considered unhandled and cause program termination.
- *
- * @property exceptionClasses the list of checked exception classes that may be thrown by the function.
- */
-@Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION, AnnotationTarget.CONSTRUCTOR)
-@Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
-public annotation class Throws(vararg val exceptionClasses: KClass<out Throwable>)
+/** @suppress */
+@Deprecated("Use common kotlin.Throws annotation instead.", ReplaceWith("kotlin.Throws"), DeprecationLevel.WARNING)
+public typealias Throws = kotlin.Throws
 
 public typealias ThreadLocal = kotlin.native.concurrent.ThreadLocal