diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
index a5dc4825526..d2480f99d6d 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/Annotations.kt
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ public typealias SharedImmutable = kotlin.native.concurrent.SharedImmutable
  */
 @Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION)
 @Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
-public annotation class CName(val externName: String = "", val shortName: String = "")
+public actual annotation class CName(actual val externName: String = "", actual val shortName: String = "")
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/annotations/NativeAnnotations.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/annotations/NativeAnnotations.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3781a046699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/annotations/NativeAnnotations.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 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 kotlin.native
+
+/**
+ * Makes top level function available from C/C++ code with the given name.
+ *
+ * [externName] controls the name of top level function, [shortName] controls the short name.
+ * If [externName] is empty, no top level declaration is being created.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.5")
+@Target(AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION)
+@Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)
+@OptionalExpectation
+public expect annotation class CName(val externName: String = "", val shortName: String = "")