diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 70d2eb1a681..a6bbbd8f763 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
 - [`KT-7851`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-7851) Respect naming conventions in automatic variable rename
 - [`KT-8044`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-8044), [`KT-9432`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-9432) Support @JvmName annotation in rename refactoring
 - [`KT-8512`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-8512) Support "Rename tests" options in Rename dialog
+- [`KT-9168`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-9168) Support rename of synthetic properties
 - [`KT-10578`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-10578) Support automatic test renaming for facade files
 - [`KT-12657`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-12657) Rename implicit usages of annotation method 'value'
 - [`KT-12759`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-12759) Suggest renaming both property accessors with matching @JvmName when renaming one of them from Java
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/JavaMemberByKotlinReferenceInplaceRenameHandler.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/JavaMemberByKotlinReferenceInplaceRenameHandler.kt
index 5cc7ffcea9a..254bae191f8 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/JavaMemberByKotlinReferenceInplaceRenameHandler.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/JavaMemberByKotlinReferenceInplaceRenameHandler.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiNameIdentifierOwner
 import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.inplace.MemberInplaceRenameHandler
 import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.inplace.MemberInplaceRenamer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.asJava.unwrapped
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.references.SyntheticPropertyAccessorReference
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtSimpleNameExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.getNonStrictParentOfType
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ class JavaMemberByKotlinReferenceInplaceRenameHandler : MemberInplaceRenameHandl
     }
 
     override fun isAvailable(element: PsiElement?, editor: Editor, file: PsiFile): Boolean {
-        return super.isAvailable(element, editor, file)
-               && element?.unwrapped is PsiMember
-               && file.findElementAt(editor.caretModel.offset)?.getNonStrictParentOfType<KtSimpleNameExpression>() != null
+        if (!super.isAvailable(element, editor, file)) return false
+        if (element?.unwrapped !is PsiMember) return false
+        val refExpr = file.findElementAt(editor.caretModel.offset)?.getNonStrictParentOfType<KtSimpleNameExpression>() ?: return false
+        if (refExpr.references.any { (it as? SyntheticPropertyAccessorReference)?.resolve() != null }) return false
+        return true
     }
 
     override fun createMemberRenamer(element: PsiElement, elementToRename: PsiNameIdentifierOwner, editor: Editor): MemberInplaceRenamer {