diff --git a/backend.native/tests/external/stdlib/collections/CollectionTest/abstractCollectionToArray.kt b/backend.native/tests/external/stdlib/collections/CollectionTest/abstractCollectionToArray.kt
index 6418b8b4742..1070df762e3 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/external/stdlib/collections/CollectionTest/abstractCollectionToArray.kt
+++ b/backend.native/tests/external/stdlib/collections/CollectionTest/abstractCollectionToArray.kt
@@ -3,28 +3,30 @@ import kotlin.comparisons.*
 
 fun box() {
     class TestCollection<out E>(val data: Collection<E>) : AbstractCollection<E>() {
-        val invocations = mutableListOf<String>()
         override val size get() = data.size
         override fun iterator() = data.iterator()
 
-        override fun toArray(): Array<Any?> {
-            invocations += "toArray1"
-            return data.toTypedArray()
-        }
-
-        public override fun <T> toArray(array: Array<T>): Array<T> {
-            invocations += "toArray2"
-            return super.toArray(array)
-        }
+        public override fun toArray(): Array<Any?> = super.toArray()
+        public override fun <T> toArray(array: Array<T>): Array<T> = super.toArray(array)
     }
 
-    val data = listOf("abc", "def")
-    val coll = TestCollection(data)
+    val data = listOf(1, 2, 3)
+    assertEquals(TestCollection(data).toArray().asList(), data)
+    assertEquals(TestCollection(listOf<Int>()).toArray().size, 0)
 
-    val arr1 = coll.toTypedArray()
-    assertEquals(data, arr1.asList())
-    assertTrue("toArray1" in coll.invocations || "toArray2" in coll.invocations)
+    var arr1 = Array<Int>(3) { -1 }
+    var arr2 = TestCollection(data).toArray(arr1)
+    assertTrue(arr1 === arr2)
+    assertEquals(arr2.asList(), data)
+
+    arr1 = Array<Int>(4) { -1 }
+    arr2 = TestCollection(data).toArray(arr1)
+    assertTrue(arr1 === arr2)
+    assertEquals(arr2.asList(), data + listOf(-1))
+
+    arr1 = Array<Int>(2) { -1 }
+    arr2 = TestCollection(data).toArray(arr1)
+    assertFalse(arr1 === arr2)
+    assertEquals(arr2.asList(), data)
 
-    val arr2: Array<String> = coll.toArray(Array(coll.size + 1) { "" })
-    assertEquals(data + listOf(null), arr2.asList())
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/AbstractCollection.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/AbstractCollection.kt
index d90b065087a..451bdfa4e02 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/AbstractCollection.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/AbstractCollection.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 package kotlin.collections
 
+/**
+ * Provides a skeletal implementation of the read-only [Collection] interface.
+ *
+ * @param E the type of elements contained in the collection. The collection is covariant on its element type.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.1")
 public abstract class AbstractCollection<out E> protected constructor() : Collection<E> {
     abstract override val size: Int
     abstract override fun iterator(): Iterator<E>
@@ -31,4 +37,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollection<out E> protected constructor() : Collec
     override fun toString(): String = joinToString(", ", "[", "]") {
         if (it === this) "(this Collection)" else it.toString()
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns new array of type `Array<Any?>` with the elements of this collection.
+     */
+    protected open fun toArray(): Array<Any?> = collectionToArray(this)
+
+    /**
+     * Fills the provided [array] or creates new array of the same type
+     * and fills it with the elements of this collection.
+     */
+    protected open fun <T> toArray(array: Array<T>): Array<T> = collectionToArray(this, array)
 }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/ArrayUtil.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/ArrayUtil.kt
index 5d09a8e9e75..579d6daf3cd 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/ArrayUtil.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/collections/ArrayUtil.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,33 @@ fun <E> Array<E>.copyOfNulls(fromIndex: Int, toIndex: Int): Array<E?> {
     return result
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copies elements of the [collection] into the given [array].
+ * If the array is too small, allocates a new one of collection.size size.
+ * @return [array] with the elements copied from the collection.
+ */
+internal fun <E, T> collectionToArray(collection: Collection<E>, array: Array<T>): Array<T> {
+    val toArray = if (collection.size > array.size) {
+        arrayOfUninitializedElements<T>(collection.size)
+    } else {
+        array
+    }
+    var i = 0
+    // TODO: What about a concurrent modification of the collection? Do we need to handle it here?
+    for (v in collection) {
+        toArray[i] = v as T
+        i++
+    }
+    return toArray
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates an array of collection.size size and copies elements of the [collection] into it.
+ * @return [array] with the elements copied from the collection.
+ */
+internal fun <E> collectionToArray(collection: Collection<E>): Array<E>
+        = collectionToArray(collection, arrayOfUninitializedElements(collection.size))
+
 /**
  * Returns new array which is a copy of the original array's range between [fromIndex] (inclusive)
  * and [toIndex] (exclusive) with new elements filled with **lateinit** _uninitialized_ values.