diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/ContextUtils.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/ContextUtils.kt
index e0442f29b06..7d83c26670a 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/ContextUtils.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/ContextUtils.kt
@@ -202,7 +202,14 @@ internal class Llvm(val context: Context, val llvmModule: LLVMModuleRef) {
         val externalFunction = LLVMGetNamedFunction(otherModule, name)!!
 
         val functionType = getFunctionType(externalFunction)
-        return LLVMAddFunction(llvmModule, name, functionType)!!
+        val function = LLVMAddFunction(llvmModule, name, functionType)!!
+        val attributes = LLVMGetFunctionAttrSet(externalFunction)
+        for (attribute in LLVMAttribute.values()) {
+            if (attribute in attributes) {
+                LLVMAddFunctionAttr(function, attribute)
+            }
+        }
+        return function
     }
 
     private fun importMemset() : LLVMValueRef {
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/LlvmUtils.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/LlvmUtils.kt
index a0b772b0fc1..3ba490dafe1 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/LlvmUtils.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/LlvmUtils.kt
@@ -230,3 +230,7 @@ fun llvmtype2string(type: LLVMTypeRef?): String {
     return LLVMPrintTypeToString(type)!!.asCString().toString()
 }
 
+internal operator fun LLVMAttributeSet.contains(attribute: LLVMAttribute): Boolean {
+    return (this and attribute.value) != 0
+}
+