diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
index 275be58d365..f0f135de061 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmCodegenUtil.java
@@ -202,7 +202,15 @@ public class JvmCodegenUtil {
         }
 
         if (!isCallInsideSameClassAsFieldRepresentingProperty(property, context)) {
-            if (!isDebuggerContext(context)) {
+            DeclarationDescriptor propertyOwner = property.getContainingDeclaration();
+            boolean isAnnotationValue;
+            if (propertyOwner instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
+                isAnnotationValue = ((ClassDescriptor) propertyOwner).getKind() == ANNOTATION_CLASS;
+            } else {
+                isAnnotationValue = false;
+            }
+
+            if (isAnnotationValue || !isDebuggerContext(context)) {
                 // Unless we are evaluating expression in debugger context, only properties of the same class can be directly accessed
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.kt b/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..302db459b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package annotationValue
+
+annotation class Anno(val value: String)
+
+@Anno("abc")
+class SomeClass
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    //Breakpoint!
+    val a = 5
+}
+
+// EXPRESSION: (SomeClass::class.java.annotations[0] as Anno).value
+// RESULT: "abc": Ljava/lang/String;
+
diff --git a/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.out b/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a035ef34207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.out
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+LineBreakpoint created at annotationValue.kt:10
+Run Java
+Connected to the target VM
+annotationValue.kt:10
+Compile bytecode for (SomeClass::class.java.annotations[0] as Anno).value
+Disconnected from the target VM
+
+Process finished with exit code 0
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluateExpressionTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluateExpressionTestGenerated.java
index debef61d47c..b4a28969e1d 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluateExpressionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinEvaluateExpressionTestGenerated.java
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public class KotlinEvaluateExpressionTestGenerated extends AbstractKotlinEvaluat
             KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), TargetBackend.ANY, true);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("annotationValue.kt")
+        public void testAnnotationValue() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/annotationValue.kt");
+            doSingleBreakpointTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("anonymousObjects.kt")
         public void testAnonymousObjects() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/testData/debugger/tinyApp/src/evaluate/singleBreakpoint/anonymousObjects.kt");