diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/native.kt b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/native.kt
index c708df99423..fe3051e4b72 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/native.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/native.kt
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.nativeDeclarations
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableMemberDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ConstructorDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticSink
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.JetDeclaration
@@ -33,15 +30,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.inline.InlineUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.diagnostics.ErrorsJvm
 
 private val NATIVE_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME = FqName("kotlin.jvm.native")
-private val EXTERNAL_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME = FqName("kotlin.external")
-
 
 public fun DeclarationDescriptor.hasNativeAnnotation(): Boolean {
-    return getAnnotations().findAnnotation(EXTERNAL_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME) != null
+    return this is FunctionDescriptor && this.isExternal
+           || this is PropertyAccessorDescriptor && this.isExternal
            || annotations.findAnnotation(NATIVE_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME) != null
 }
 
-public class SuppressNoBodyErrorsForExternalDeclarations : SuppressDiagnosticsByAnnotations(FUNCTION_NO_BODY_ERRORS, EXTERNAL_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME)
 public class SuppressNoBodyErrorsForNativeDeclarations : SuppressDiagnosticsByAnnotations(FUNCTION_NO_BODY_ERRORS, NATIVE_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME)
 
 public class NativeFunChecker : DeclarationChecker {
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/DeclarationsChecker.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/DeclarationsChecker.java
index e75992abd4b..d9cda69ef70 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/DeclarationsChecker.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/DeclarationsChecker.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticFactory1;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticFactory0;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetModifierKeywordToken;
@@ -714,6 +713,8 @@ public class DeclarationsChecker {
 
         DeclarationDescriptor containingDescriptor = functionDescriptor.getContainingDeclaration();
         boolean hasAbstractModifier = function.hasModifier(JetTokens.ABSTRACT_KEYWORD);
+        boolean hasExternalModifier = function.hasModifier(JetTokens.EXTERNAL_KEYWORD);
+
         if (containingDescriptor instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
             ClassDescriptor classDescriptor = (ClassDescriptor) containingDescriptor;
             boolean inTrait = classDescriptor.getKind() == ClassKind.INTERFACE;
@@ -728,19 +729,19 @@ public class DeclarationsChecker {
                 trace.report(ABSTRACT_FUNCTION_WITH_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor));
             }
             if (!hasBody && inTrait) {
-                if (function.hasModifier(JetTokens.FINAL_KEYWORD)) {
+                if (function.hasModifier(JetTokens.FINAL_KEYWORD) && !hasExternalModifier) {
                     trace.report(FINAL_FUNCTION_WITH_NO_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor));
                 }
                 if (function.hasModifier(JetTokens.PRIVATE_KEYWORD)) {
                     trace.report(PRIVATE_FUNCTION_WITH_NO_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor));
                 }
             }
-            if (!hasBody && !hasAbstractModifier && !inTrait) {
+            if (!hasBody && !hasAbstractModifier && !hasExternalModifier && !inTrait) {
                 trace.report(NON_ABSTRACT_FUNCTION_WITH_NO_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor));
             }
             return;
         }
-        if (!function.hasBody() && !hasAbstractModifier) {
+        if (!function.hasBody() && !hasAbstractModifier && !hasExternalModifier) {
             trace.report(NON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_NO_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor));
         }
         if (TypeUtilsKt.isNothing(functionDescriptor.getReturnType()) && !function.hasDeclaredReturnType()) {
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/FunctionsTypingVisitor.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/FunctionsTypingVisitor.kt
index e3affaf7df5..114eca714e2 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/FunctionsTypingVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/FunctionsTypingVisitor.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.AnonymousFunctionDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.getAnnotationEntries
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.*
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils.CANT_INFER_FUNCTION_PARAM_TYPE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils.NO_EXPECTED_TYPE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils.noExpectedType
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.checker.JetTypeChecker
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.expressions.CoercionStrategy.COERCION_TO_UNIT
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.expressions.typeInfoFactory.createTypeInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addIfNotNull
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class FunctionsTypingVisitor(facade: ExpressionTypingInternals) : Express
 
         components.modifiersChecker.withTrace(context.trace).checkModifiersForLocalDeclaration(function, functionDescriptor)
         components.identifierChecker.checkDeclaration(function, context.trace)
-        if (!function.hasBody()) {
+        if (!function.hasBody() && !function.hasModifier(JetTokens.EXTERNAL_KEYWORD)) {
             context.trace.report(NON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_NO_BODY.on(function, functionDescriptor))
         }
 
diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/kotlin2jvm.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/kotlin2jvm.xml
index 03a5b069f0a..e8364241218 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/kotlin2jvm.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/kotlin2jvm.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <extensions defaultExtensionNs="org.jetbrains.kotlin">
         <defaultErrorMessages implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.diagnostics.DefaultErrorMessagesJvm"/>
 
-        <suppressStringProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.nativeDeclarations.SuppressNoBodyErrorsForExternalDeclarations"/>
         <suppressStringProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.nativeDeclarations.SuppressNoBodyErrorsForNativeDeclarations"/>
 
         <classBuilderInterceptorExtension implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.annotation.AnnotationCollectorExtension"/>