diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/CodeGenerator.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/CodeGenerator.kt
index e32ead3d6b3..51be96701b2 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/CodeGenerator.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/CodeGenerator.kt
@@ -15,20 +15,14 @@ internal class CodeGenerator(override val context:Context) : ContextUtils {
     var currentFunction:FunctionDescriptor? = null
 
     fun function(declaration: IrFunction) {
-        if (declaration.descriptor.isExternal) {
+        if (declaration.body == null) {
+            // Abstract and external methods.
             return
         }
 
         if (currentFunction == declaration.descriptor) return
         val fn = prolog(declaration)
 
-        // TODO: functions without Kotlin body must not have a bitcode body,
-        // which is required to workaround link errors
-        if (declaration.body == null) {
-            trap()
-            return
-        }
-
         var indexOffset = 0
         if (declaration.descriptor is ClassConstructorDescriptor || declaration.descriptor.dispatchReceiverParameter != null) {
             val name = "this"
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/RTTIGenerator.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/RTTIGenerator.kt
index 1a0da0567b4..d82a496284c 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/RTTIGenerator.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/RTTIGenerator.kt
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ internal class RTTIGenerator(override val context: Context) : ContextUtils {
 
     // TODO: optimize
     private fun getVtableEntries(classDesc: ClassDescriptor): List<FunctionDescriptor> {
-        if (classDesc.isInterface) {
-            return emptyList()
-        }
+        assert (!classDesc.isInterface)
 
         val superVtableEntries = if (KotlinBuiltIns.isSpecialClassWithNoSupertypes(classDesc)) {
             emptyList()
@@ -108,9 +106,7 @@ internal class RTTIGenerator(override val context: Context) : ContextUtils {
     }
 
     private fun getMethodTableEntries(classDesc: ClassDescriptor): List<FunctionDescriptor> {
-        if (classDesc.isInterface) {
-            return emptyList()
-        }
+        assert (classDesc.modality != Modality.ABSTRACT)
 
         val contributedDescriptors = classDesc.unsubstitutedMemberScope.getContributedDescriptors()
         // (includes declarations from supers)
@@ -197,16 +193,26 @@ internal class RTTIGenerator(override val context: Context) : ContextUtils {
         val fieldsPtr = staticData.placeGlobalConstArray("kfields:$className",
                 runtime.fieldTableRecordType, fields)
 
-        // TODO: compile-time resolution limits binary compatibility
-        val vtable = getVtableEntries(classDesc).map { it.implementation.entryPointAddress }
-        val vtablePtr = staticData.placeGlobalConstArray("kvtable:$className", pointerType(int8Type), vtable)
+        val vtable: List<ConstValue>
+        val methods: List<ConstValue>
 
-        val methods = getMethodTableEntries(classDesc).map {
-            val nameSignature = it.functionName.localHash
+        if (classDesc.modality != Modality.ABSTRACT) {
             // TODO: compile-time resolution limits binary compatibility
-            val methodEntryPoint = it.implementation.entryPointAddress
-            MethodTableRecord(nameSignature, methodEntryPoint)
-        }.sortedBy { it.nameSignature.value }
+            vtable = getVtableEntries(classDesc).map { it.implementation.entryPointAddress }
+
+            methods = getMethodTableEntries(classDesc).map {
+                val nameSignature = it.functionName.localHash
+                // TODO: compile-time resolution limits binary compatibility
+                val methodEntryPoint = it.implementation.entryPointAddress
+                MethodTableRecord(nameSignature, methodEntryPoint)
+            }.sortedBy { it.nameSignature.value }
+        } else {
+            vtable = emptyList()
+            methods = emptyList()
+        }
+
+
+        val vtablePtr = staticData.placeGlobalConstArray("kvtable:$className", pointerType(int8Type), vtable)
 
         val methodsPtr = staticData.placeGlobalConstArray("kmethods:$className",
                 runtime.methodTableRecordType, methods)
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/TypeInfo.h b/runtime/src/main/cpp/TypeInfo.h
index 836268b158f..6593b65b914 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/TypeInfo.h
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/TypeInfo.h
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ struct TypeInfo {
     int32_t objOffsetsCount_;
     const TypeInfo* const* implementedInterfaces_;
     int32_t implementedInterfacesCount_;
+    // Null for abstract classes and interfaces.
     // TODO: place vtable at the end of TypeInfo to eliminate the indirection.
     void* const* vtable_;
+    // Null for abstract classes and interfaces.
     const MethodTableRecord* openMethods_;
     uint32_t openMethodsCount_;
     const FieldTableRecord* fields_;