diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
index 74a7135fd4e..0071bb79484 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public class IntrinsicMethods {
         declareBinaryOp(Name.identifier("xor"), IXOR);
 
         declareIntrinsicFunction(Name.identifier("Boolean"), Name.identifier("not"), 0, new Not());
+        declareIntrinsicFunction(Name.identifier("Boolean"), Name.identifier("equals"), 1, EQUALS);
 
         declareIntrinsicFunction(Name.identifier("String"), Name.identifier("plus"), 1, new Concat());
         declareIntrinsicFunction(Name.identifier("CharSequence"), Name.identifier("get"), 1, new StringGetChar());
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3517.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3517.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..535f32308cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3517.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// KT-3517 Can't call .equals() on a boolean
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val a = false
+    return if (true.equals(true) && a.equals(false)) "OK" else "fail"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 0470bcdac46..4a3dc35b1ec 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -3732,6 +3732,11 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
             doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3078.kt");
         }
         
+        @TestMetadata("kt3517.kt")
+        public void testKt3517() throws Exception {
+            doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3517.kt");
+        }
+        
         @TestMetadata("kt3576.kt")
         public void testKt3576() throws Exception {
             doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt3576.kt");