diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmCachedDeclarations.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmCachedDeclarations.kt
index fae7bffee0b..9589a5a8940 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmCachedDeclarations.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmCachedDeclarations.kt
@@ -107,18 +107,18 @@ class JvmCachedDeclarations(
             if (jvmStaticFunction.isExternal) {
                 // We move external functions to the enclosing class and potentially add accessors there.
                 // The JVM backend also adds accessors in the companion object, but these are superfluous.
-                // TODO: this should really do the same as `makeProxy`, but without a body; otherwise, external
-                //   functions in interface companions won't work (KT-43696).
                 val staticExternal = context.irFactory.buildFun {
                     updateFrom(jvmStaticFunction)
                     name = jvmStaticFunction.name
                     returnType = jvmStaticFunction.returnType
                 }.apply {
                     parent = companion.parent
-                    copyTypeParametersFrom(jvmStaticFunction)
+                    copyAttributes(jvmStaticFunction)
                     copyAnnotationsFrom(jvmStaticFunction)
-                    extensionReceiverParameter = jvmStaticFunction.extensionReceiverParameter?.copyTo(this)
-                    valueParameters = jvmStaticFunction.valueParameters.map { it.copyTo(this) }
+                    copyCorrespondingPropertyFrom(jvmStaticFunction)
+                    copyParameterDeclarationsFrom(jvmStaticFunction)
+                    dispatchReceiverParameter = null
+                    metadata = jvmStaticFunction.metadata
                 }
                 staticExternal to companion.makeProxy(staticExternal, isStatic = false)
             } else {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/external/jvmStaticExternal.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/external/jvmStaticExternal.kt
index c46b5ce7382..5f842eb8979 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/external/jvmStaticExternal.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/external/jvmStaticExternal.kt
@@ -9,31 +9,44 @@ package foo
 class WithNative {
     companion object {
         @JvmStatic external fun bar(l: Long, s: String): Double
+
+        @JvmStatic val prop: String external get
     }
 }
 
 object ObjWithNative {
     @JvmStatic external fun bar(l: Long, s: String): Double
+
+    @JvmStatic val prop: String external get
+}
+
+fun check(vararg allowed: String, block: () -> Unit) {
+    try {
+        block()
+        throw AssertionError("UnsatisfiedLinkError expected")
+    } catch (e: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
+        if (allowed.none { it == e.message }) {
+            throw AssertionError("fail: ${e.message}")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fun box(): String {
-    var d = 0.0
-    try {
-        d = WithNative.bar(1, "")
-        return "Link error expected"
-    }
-    catch (e: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
-        if (e.message != "foo.WithNative.bar(JLjava/lang/String;)D" &&
-            e.message != "'double foo.WithNative.bar(long, java.lang.String)'") return "Fail 1: " + e.message
-    }
-
-    try {
-        d = ObjWithNative.bar(1, "")
-        return "Link error expected on object"
-    }
-    catch (e: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
-        if (e.message != "foo.ObjWithNative.bar(JLjava/lang/String;)D" &&
-            e.message != "'double foo.ObjWithNative.bar(long, java.lang.String)'") return "Fail 2: " + e.message
-    }
+    check(
+        "foo.WithNative.bar(JLjava/lang/String;)D",
+        "'double foo.WithNative.bar(long, java.lang.String)'"
+    ) { WithNative.bar(1, "") }
+    check(
+        "foo.ObjWithNative.bar(JLjava/lang/String;)D",
+        "'double foo.ObjWithNative.bar(long, java.lang.String)'"
+    ) { ObjWithNative.bar(1, "") }
+    check(
+        "foo.WithNative.getProp()Ljava/lang/String;",
+        "'java.lang.String foo.WithNative.getProp()'"
+    ) { WithNative.prop }
+    check(
+        "foo.ObjWithNative.getProp()Ljava/lang/String;",
+        "'java.lang.String foo.ObjWithNative.getProp()'"
+    ) { ObjWithNative.prop }
     return "OK"
 }