diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index e84471c58bd..cf9583d9cd5 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -1001,6 +1001,12 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
         gen(indices.get(0), Type.INT_TYPE);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void visitThrowExpression(JetThrowExpression expression) {
+        gen(expression.getThrownExpression(), JetTypeMapper.TYPE_OBJECT);
+        v.athrow();
+    }
+
     private static class CompilationException extends RuntimeException {
     }
 }
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ControlStructuresTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ControlStructuresTest.java
index 3efc7523ddc..ad0812214a2 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ControlStructuresTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ControlStructuresTest.java
@@ -85,4 +85,18 @@ public class ControlStructuresTest extends CodegenTestCase {
         String[] args = new String[] { "IntelliJ", " ", "IDEA" };
         assertEquals("IntelliJ IDEA", main.invoke(null, new Object[] { args }));
     }
+
+    public void testThrowCheckedException() throws Exception {
+        loadText("fun foo() { throw new Exception(); }");
+        final Method main = generateFunction();
+        boolean caught = false;
+        try {
+            main.invoke(null);
+        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+            if (e.getTargetException().getClass() == Exception.class) {
+                caught = true;
+            }
+        }
+        assertTrue(caught);
+    }
 }