diff --git a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ClassMapperLite.kt b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ClassMapperLite.kt
index c954e0e40bb..db5dba08a88 100644
--- a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ClassMapperLite.kt
+++ b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/ClassMapperLite.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization
 // WARNING: improving the behavior of this class MAY BREAK BINARY COMPATIBILITY of code compiled by Kotlin, because it may make
 // the new compiler skip writing the signatures it now thinks are trivial, and the old compiler would recreate them incorrectly.
 object ClassMapperLite {
+    // Simply "kotlin", but to avoid being renamed by namespace relocation (e.g., Shadow.relocate gradle plugin)
+    private val kotlin = listOf('k', 'o', 't', 'l', 'i', 'n').joinToString(separator = "")
     // Kotlin ClassId -> JVM desc
     // e.g. "kotlin.IntArray" -> "[I"
     //      "kotlin.String.Companion" -> "Lkotlin/jvm/internal/StringCompanionObject"
@@ -30,14 +32,14 @@ object ClassMapperLite {
         )
 
         for (i in primitives.indices step 2) {
-            put("kotlin/${primitives[i]}", primitives[i + 1])
-            put("kotlin/${primitives[i]}Array", "[${primitives[i + 1]}")
+            put("$kotlin/${primitives[i]}", primitives[i + 1])
+            put("$kotlin/${primitives[i]}Array", "[${primitives[i + 1]}")
         }
 
-        put("kotlin/Unit", "V")
+        put("$kotlin/Unit", "V")
 
         fun add(kotlinSimpleName: String, javaInternalName: String) {
-            put("kotlin/$kotlinSimpleName", "L$javaInternalName;")
+            put("$kotlin/$kotlinSimpleName", "L$javaInternalName;")
         }
 
         add("Any", "java/lang/Object")
@@ -59,14 +61,14 @@ object ClassMapperLite {
         add("collections/MutableMap.MutableEntry", "java/util/Map\$Entry")
 
         for (i in 0..22) {
-            add("Function$i", "kotlin/jvm/functions/Function$i")
-            add("reflect/KFunction$i", "kotlin/reflect/KFunction")
+            add("Function$i", "$kotlin/jvm/functions/Function$i")
+            add("reflect/KFunction$i", "$kotlin/reflect/KFunction")
         }
 
         //Boolean is purposefully omitted from this list, even though it has a Companion Object.
         //This assures that an older compiler won't get confused by the new signature, preventing a bug in compatibility.
         for (klass in listOf("Char", "Byte", "Short", "Int", "Float", "Long", "Double", "String", "Enum")) {
-            add("$klass.Companion", "kotlin/jvm/internal/${klass}CompanionObject")
+            add("$klass.Companion", "$kotlin/jvm/internal/${klass}CompanionObject")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmNameResolver.kt b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmNameResolver.kt
index 2b3a00d2874..c32956b425a 100644
--- a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmNameResolver.kt
+++ b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmNameResolver.kt
@@ -75,37 +75,40 @@ class JvmNameResolver(
         index in localNameIndices
 
     companion object {
+        // Simply "kotlin", but to avoid being renamed by namespace relocation (e.g., Shadow.relocate gradle plugin)
+        private val kotlin = listOf('k', 'o', 't', 'l', 'i', 'n').joinToString(separator = "")
+
         val PREDEFINED_STRINGS = listOf(
-            "kotlin/Any",
-            "kotlin/Nothing",
-            "kotlin/Unit",
-            "kotlin/Throwable",
-            "kotlin/Number",
+            "$kotlin/Any",
+            "$kotlin/Nothing",
+            "$kotlin/Unit",
+            "$kotlin/Throwable",
+            "$kotlin/Number",
 
-            "kotlin/Byte", "kotlin/Double", "kotlin/Float", "kotlin/Int",
-            "kotlin/Long", "kotlin/Short", "kotlin/Boolean", "kotlin/Char",
+            "$kotlin/Byte", "$kotlin/Double", "$kotlin/Float", "$kotlin/Int",
+            "$kotlin/Long", "$kotlin/Short", "$kotlin/Boolean", "$kotlin/Char",
 
-            "kotlin/CharSequence",
-            "kotlin/String",
-            "kotlin/Comparable",
-            "kotlin/Enum",
+            "$kotlin/CharSequence",
+            "$kotlin/String",
+            "$kotlin/Comparable",
+            "$kotlin/Enum",
 
-            "kotlin/Array",
-            "kotlin/ByteArray", "kotlin/DoubleArray", "kotlin/FloatArray", "kotlin/IntArray",
-            "kotlin/LongArray", "kotlin/ShortArray", "kotlin/BooleanArray", "kotlin/CharArray",
+            "$kotlin/Array",
+            "$kotlin/ByteArray", "$kotlin/DoubleArray", "$kotlin/FloatArray", "$kotlin/IntArray",
+            "$kotlin/LongArray", "$kotlin/ShortArray", "$kotlin/BooleanArray", "$kotlin/CharArray",
 
-            "kotlin/Cloneable",
-            "kotlin/Annotation",
+            "$kotlin/Cloneable",
+            "$kotlin/Annotation",
 
-            "kotlin/collections/Iterable", "kotlin/collections/MutableIterable",
-            "kotlin/collections/Collection", "kotlin/collections/MutableCollection",
-            "kotlin/collections/List", "kotlin/collections/MutableList",
-            "kotlin/collections/Set", "kotlin/collections/MutableSet",
-            "kotlin/collections/Map", "kotlin/collections/MutableMap",
-            "kotlin/collections/Map.Entry", "kotlin/collections/MutableMap.MutableEntry",
+            "$kotlin/collections/Iterable", "$kotlin/collections/MutableIterable",
+            "$kotlin/collections/Collection", "$kotlin/collections/MutableCollection",
+            "$kotlin/collections/List", "$kotlin/collections/MutableList",
+            "$kotlin/collections/Set", "$kotlin/collections/MutableSet",
+            "$kotlin/collections/Map", "$kotlin/collections/MutableMap",
+            "$kotlin/collections/Map.Entry", "$kotlin/collections/MutableMap.MutableEntry",
 
-            "kotlin/collections/Iterator", "kotlin/collections/MutableIterator",
-            "kotlin/collections/ListIterator", "kotlin/collections/MutableListIterator"
+            "$kotlin/collections/Iterator", "$kotlin/collections/MutableIterator",
+            "$kotlin/collections/ListIterator", "$kotlin/collections/MutableListIterator"
         )
 
         private val PREDEFINED_STRINGS_MAP = PREDEFINED_STRINGS.withIndex().associateBy({ it.value }, { it.index })
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
index 651268caf58..a40cde3dc39 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 description = "Kotlin JVM metadata manipulation library"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntime(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
 }
 
+tasks.named("compileTestKotlin") {
+    jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    javaHome = rootProject.extra["JDK_18"] as String
+}
 
 if (deployVersion != null) {
     publish()
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/test/kotlinx/metadata/test/JarContentTest.kt b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/test/kotlinx/metadata/test/JarContentTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c2fc6127c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/test/kotlinx/metadata/test/JarContentTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.metadata.test
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.jvm.deserialization.JvmNameResolver
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.SKIP_FRAMES
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes.ASM4
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import java.util.zip.ZipFile
+import kotlin.text.Charsets.UTF_8
+
+class JarContentTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testJarContents() {
+        // println("Patterns: $PREDEFINED_STRINGS")
+        LIBS_PATH.toFile().walk().filter { it.name.endsWith(JAR_EXT) }.forEach(::checkJarContents)
+    }
+
+    private fun checkJarContents(jar: File) {
+        val zipFile = ZipFile(jar, UTF_8)
+        zipFile.entries().asSequence().filter { it.name.endsWith(CLASS_EXT) }.forEach {
+            val loadedConstants = mutableListOf<Any>()
+            val classReader = ClassReader(zipFile.getInputStream(it))
+            classReader.accept(object : ClassVisitor(ASM4) {
+                override fun visitMethod(p0: Int, p1: String?, p2: String?, p3: String?, p4: Array<out String>?): MethodVisitor {
+                    return object : MethodVisitor(ASM4) {
+                        override fun visitLdcInsn(cst: Any?) {
+                            if (cst != null) loadedConstants.add(cst)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }, SKIP_FRAMES)
+
+            for (constant in loadedConstants) {
+                if (constant !is String || constant.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+                    continue
+                }
+                // println("checking: $constant")
+                // Explicitly checking types that are programmatically built don't appear as string constants.
+                assertNull("$constant found at ${it.name}", findPattern(constant))
+                // Implicitly checking none of string constants starts with "kotlin/" prefix, just in case.
+                assertFalse("$constant found at ${it.name}", constant.startsWith("kotlin/"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun findPattern(constant: String): String? {
+        return PREDEFINED_STRINGS.find { it in constant }
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val JAR_EXT = ".jar"
+        const val CLASS_EXT = ".class"
+        val LIBS_PATH: Path = Paths.get("build", "libs")
+
+        private val INTERNAL_COMPANIONS =
+            listOf("Char", "Byte", "Short", "Int", "Float", "Long", "Double", "String", "Enum")
+                .map { "kotlin/jvm/internal/${it}CompanionObject" }
+        val PREDEFINED_STRINGS =
+            JvmNameResolver.PREDEFINED_STRINGS + listOf("kotlin/jvm/functions", "kotlin/reflect/KFunction") + INTERNAL_COMPANIONS
+    }
+}