diff --git a/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameSerializationUtil.java b/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameSerializationUtil.java
index 82486cda169..4f9ed2854d8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameSerializationUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameSerializationUtil.java
@@ -56,4 +56,11 @@ public class NameSerializationUtil {
         }
         return qualifiedNames.build();
     }
+
+    @NotNull
+    public static NameResolver createNameResolver(@NotNull NameTable table) {
+        return new NameResolver(
+                    toSimpleNameTable(table),
+                    toQualifiedNameTable(table));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameTable.java b/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameTable.java
index ed375dfe7a6..09307426316 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameTable.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jet/descriptors/serialization/NameTable.java
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ public class NameTable {
             };
 
     public interface Namer {
+        Namer DEFAULT = new NameTable.Namer() {
+            @NotNull
+            @Override
+            public Name getClassName(@NotNull ClassDescriptor classDescriptor) {
+                return classDescriptor.getName();
+            }
+
+            @NotNull
+            @Override
+            public Name getPackageName(@NotNull NamespaceDescriptor namespaceDescriptor) {
+                return namespaceDescriptor.getName();
+            }
+        };
+
         @NotNull
         Name getClassName(@NotNull ClassDescriptor classDescriptor);