diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
index 8388bea7023..5cfb6806d9f 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
@@ -210,15 +210,8 @@ private val syntheticAccessorPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
     prerequisite = setOf(objectClassPhase, staticDefaultFunctionPhase, interfacePhase)
 )
 
-private val mainMethodGenerationPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
-    ::MainMethodGenerationLowering,
-    name = "MainMethodGeneration",
-    description = "Identify parameterless main methods and generate bridge main-methods"
-)
-
 @Suppress("Reformat")
 private val jvmFilePhases =
-        mainMethodGenerationPhase then
         typeAliasAnnotationMethodsPhase then
         stripTypeAliasDeclarationsPhase then
         provisionalFunctionExpressionPhase then
@@ -299,6 +292,8 @@ private val jvmFilePhases =
 
         checkLocalNamesWithOldBackendPhase then
 
+        mainMethodGenerationPhase then
+
         // should be last transformation
         removeDeclarationsThatWouldBeInlined then
         makePatchParentsPhase(3)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/MainMethodGenerationLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/MainMethodGenerationLowering.kt
index 60f99c0105a..8d0c3acdeb8 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/MainMethodGenerationLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/MainMethodGenerationLowering.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ClassLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.allParameters
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.createIrBuilder
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrFilePhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.JvmBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.JvmLoweredDeclarationOrigin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.ir.getJvmNameFromAnnotation
@@ -28,6 +29,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.functions
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.Variance
 
+internal val mainMethodGenerationPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
+    ::MainMethodGenerationLowering,
+    name = "MainMethodGeneration",
+    description = "Identify parameterless main methods and generate bridge main-methods",
+    prerequisite = setOf(jvmOverloadsAnnotationPhase)
+)
+
 internal class MainMethodGenerationLowering(val context: JvmBackendContext) : ClassLoweringPass {
 
     override fun lower(irClass: IrClass) {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt
index 3b5d9bffb4e..fe347899827 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ fun main() {
 @JvmName("main")
 fun foo(args: Array<String>) {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnJvmNameMainKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..002bd0f8b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM
+fun main() {
+  println("FAIL")
+}
+
+@JvmOverloads
+fun Array<String>.main(x: Int = 4, y: String = "Test") {
+    println("OK")
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnJvmOverloadsKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt
index 04e40fe1209..804788c8e31 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ fun main() {
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnMainKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMainExtension.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMainExtension.kt
index d5123b42bdc..69158538cb8 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMainExtension.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMainExtension.kt
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ fun main() {
 
 fun Array<String>.main() {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnMainExtensionKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt
index fdf3af46276..6dabd934994 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ fun main() {
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>?) {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnNullableArrayKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94cc54a4896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+fun main() {
+
+}
+
+fun main(vararg args: String) {
+
+}
+
+// 0 INVOKESTATIC DontGenerateOnVarargsStringKt\.main ()V
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 8e6874bb5bc..0b6ac8a02ce 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -3545,6 +3545,11 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt")
+        public void testDontGenerateOnJvmOverloads() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnMain.kt")
         public void testDontGenerateOnMain() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt");
@@ -3559,6 +3564,11 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         public void testDontGenerateOnNullableArray() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt")
+        public void testDontGenerateOnVarargsString() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/properties")
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 0b0531caf42..1b2bb8f1052 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -3463,6 +3463,11 @@ public class IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmNameMain.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt")
+        public void testDontGenerateOnJvmOverloads() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnJvmOverloads.kt");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnMain.kt")
         public void testDontGenerateOnMain() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnMain.kt");
@@ -3477,6 +3482,11 @@ public class IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest {
         public void testDontGenerateOnNullableArray() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnNullableArray.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt")
+        public void testDontGenerateOnVarargsString() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/parameterlessMain/dontGenerateOnVarargsString.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/properties")