diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index 2071803269d..76dc4cfe4c6 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -1281,6 +1281,27 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
         v.invokeinterface("jet/JetObject", "getTypeInfo", "()Ljet/typeinfo/TypeInfo;");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void visitIsExpression(JetIsExpression expression) {
+        JetPattern pattern = expression.getPattern();
+        if (!(pattern instanceof JetTypePattern)) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("can only generate a type pattern with 'is'");
+        }
+        JetTypeReference typeReference = ((JetTypePattern) pattern).getTypeReference();
+        JetType jetType = bindingContext.resolveTypeReference(typeReference);
+        if (jetType.getArguments().size() > 0) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("don't know how to handle type arguments in is");
+        }
+        DeclarationDescriptor descriptor = jetType.getConstructor().getDeclarationDescriptor();
+        if (!(descriptor instanceof ClassDescriptor)) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("don't know how to handle non-class types in is");
+        }
+        gen(expression.getLeftHandSide(), OBJECT_TYPE);
+        Type type = typeMapper.jvmType((ClassDescriptor) descriptor, OwnerKind.INTERFACE);
+        v.instanceOf(type);
+        myStack.push(StackValue.onStack(Type.BOOLEAN_TYPE));
+    }
+
     private static class CompilationException extends RuntimeException {
     }
 }
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/TypeInfoTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/TypeInfoTest.java
index cd9773c6beb..d4cbf33b702 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/TypeInfoTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/TypeInfoTest.java
@@ -34,12 +34,23 @@ public class TypeInfoTest extends CodegenTestCase {
         System.out.println(generateToText());
         Method foo = generateFunction();
         assertNull(foo.invoke(null, new Object()));
-        Runnable r = new Runnable() {
+        Runnable r = newRunnable();
+        assertSame(r, foo.invoke(null, r));
+    }
+
+    public void testIsOperator() throws Exception {
+        loadText("fun foo(x: Any) = x is Runnable");
+        Method foo = generateFunction();
+        assertFalse((Boolean) foo.invoke(null, new Object()));
+        assertTrue((Boolean) foo.invoke(null, newRunnable()));
+    }
+
+    private Runnable newRunnable() {
+        return new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
             }
         };
-        assertSame(r, foo.invoke(null, r));
     }
 }