diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/SubpackagesScope.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/SubpackagesScope.kt
index 047dbbf275b..74faea608d2 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/SubpackagesScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/SubpackagesScope.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PackageViewDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.DescriptorKindExclude
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.DescriptorKindFilter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.JetScopeImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.Printer
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class SubpackagesScope(private val moduleDescriptor: ModuleDescriptor, pr
     override fun getDescriptors(kindFilter: DescriptorKindFilter,
                                 nameFilter: (Name) -> Boolean): Collection<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         if (!kindFilter.acceptsKinds(DescriptorKindFilter.PACKAGES_MASK)) return listOf()
+        if (fqName.isRoot() && kindFilter.excludes.contains(DescriptorKindExclude.TopLevelPackages)) return listOf()
 
         val subFqNames = moduleDescriptor.getSubPackagesOf(fqName, nameFilter)
         val result = ArrayList<DeclarationDescriptor>(subFqNames.size())
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/JetScope.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/JetScope.kt
index 85b66567d91..92bfceafb2c 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/JetScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/JetScope.kt
@@ -229,4 +229,17 @@ public trait DescriptorKindExclude {
 
         override val fullyExcludedDescriptorKinds: Int get() = 0
     }
+
+    public object TopLevelPackages : DescriptorKindExclude {
+        override fun excludes(descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor): Boolean {
+            val fqName = when (descriptor) {
+                is PackageFragmentDescriptor -> descriptor.fqName
+                is PackageViewDescriptor -> descriptor.fqName
+                else -> return false
+            }
+            return fqName.parent().isRoot()
+        }
+
+        override val fullyExcludedDescriptorKinds: Int get() = 0
+    }
 }
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/BasicCompletionSession.kt b/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/BasicCompletionSession.kt
index 77faf1bfc0d..c5262d5ff28 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/BasicCompletionSession.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/BasicCompletionSession.kt
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@ class BasicCompletionSession(configuration: CompletionSessionConfiguration,
 
     private val completionKind = calcCompletionKind()
 
-    override val descriptorKindFilter = if (isNoQualifierContext())
-        completionKind.descriptorKindFilter?.withoutKinds(DescriptorKindFilter.PACKAGES_MASK)
-    else
+    override val descriptorKindFilter = if (isNoQualifierContext()) {
+        // it's an optimization because obtaining top-level packages from scope is very slow, we obtains them in other way
+        completionKind.descriptorKindFilter?.exclude(DescriptorKindExclude.TopLevelPackages)
+    }
+    else {
         completionKind.descriptorKindFilter
+    }
 
     private val parameterNameAndTypeCompletion = if (shouldCompleteParameterNameAndType())
         ParameterNameAndTypeCompletion(collector, lookupElementFactory, prefixMatcher, resolutionFacade)
@@ -202,8 +205,8 @@ class BasicCompletionSession(configuration: CompletionSessionConfiguration,
             }
 
             // getting root packages from scope is very slow so we do this in alternative way
-            if (isNoQualifierContext() && (completionKind.descriptorKindFilter?.kindMask ?: 0).and(DescriptorKindFilter.PACKAGES_MASK) != 0) {
-                //TODO: move this code somewhere else
+            if (isNoQualifierContext() && (descriptorKindFilter?.kindMask ?: 0).and(DescriptorKindFilter.PACKAGES_MASK) != 0) {
+                //TODO: move this code somewhere else?
                 val packageNames = PackageIndexUtil.getSubPackageFqNames(FqName.ROOT, originalSearchScope, project, prefixMatcher.asNameFilter())
                         .toMutableSet()
 
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt b/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b93bb6dcdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import java.util
+
+class A {
+    <caret>
+}
+
+// EXIST: { lookupString: "kotlin", itemText: "kotlin", tailText: null, typeText: null }
+// EXIST_JAVA_ONLY: { lookupString: "util", itemText: "util", tailText: " (java.util)", typeText: null }
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt b/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index adf75a918cf..00000000000
--- a/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-class A {
-    kot<caret>
-}
-
-// EXIST: "kotlin"
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
index 7774d5abeec..17d0f23125e 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
@@ -733,6 +733,12 @@ public class JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJSBasicCompletionTes
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt")
+        public void testPackageCompletionInClassBody() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("PrivatesInSecondPressCompletion.kt")
         public void testPrivatesInSecondPressCompletion() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PrivatesInSecondPressCompletion.kt");
@@ -865,12 +871,6 @@ public class JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJSBasicCompletionTes
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
-        @TestMetadata("TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt")
-        public void testTopLevelPackageInClassBody() throws Exception {
-            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt");
-            doTest(fileName);
-        }
-
         @TestMetadata("TypeParameterFromOuterClass.kt")
         public void testTypeParameterFromOuterClass() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TypeParameterFromOuterClass.kt");
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
index 6f4be44d652..09d6cf25142 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
@@ -733,6 +733,12 @@ public class JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJvmBasicCompletionT
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt")
+        public void testPackageCompletionInClassBody() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PackageCompletionInClassBody.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("PrivatesInSecondPressCompletion.kt")
         public void testPrivatesInSecondPressCompletion() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/PrivatesInSecondPressCompletion.kt");
@@ -865,12 +871,6 @@ public class JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJvmBasicCompletionT
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
-        @TestMetadata("TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt")
-        public void testTopLevelPackageInClassBody() throws Exception {
-            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TopLevelPackageInClassBody.kt");
-            doTest(fileName);
-        }
-
         @TestMetadata("TypeParameterFromOuterClass.kt")
         public void testTypeParameterFromOuterClass() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/TypeParameterFromOuterClass.kt");