diff --git a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ConversionsRunner.kt b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ConversionsRunner.kt
index 05ba97378d5..86769ee05bb 100644
--- a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ConversionsRunner.kt
+++ b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/ConversionsRunner.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ object ConversionsRunner {
         TypeMappingConversion(context),
         FieldToPropertyConversion(),
         PrintlnConversion(context),
+        BlockToRunConversion(context),
         AssignmentAsExpressionToAlsoConversion(context),
         AssignmentStatementValCreationConversion(context),
         AssignmentStatementOperatorConversion(),
diff --git a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/NewCodeBuilder.kt b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/NewCodeBuilder.kt
index 66e0e03ca8b..a1a26d86d47 100644
--- a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/NewCodeBuilder.kt
+++ b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/NewCodeBuilder.kt
@@ -426,12 +426,20 @@ class NewCodeBuilder {
         }
 
         override fun visitLambdaExpression(lambdaExpression: JKLambdaExpression) {
-            printer.printWithNoIndent("{")
-            lambdaExpression.parameters.firstOrNull()?.accept(this)
-            lambdaExpression.parameters.asSequence().drop(1).forEach { printer.printWithNoIndent(", "); it.accept(this) }
-            printer.printWithNoIndent(" -> ")
-            lambdaExpression.statement.accept(this)
-            printer.printWithNoIndent("}")
+            printer.par(CURVED_MULTILINE) {
+                lambdaExpression.parameters.firstOrNull()?.accept(this)
+                lambdaExpression.parameters.asSequence().drop(1).forEach { printer.printWithNoIndent(", "); it.accept(this) }
+                if (lambdaExpression.parameters.isNotEmpty()) {
+                    printer.printWithNoIndent(" -> ")
+                }
+
+                val statement = lambdaExpression.statement
+                if (statement is JKBlockStatement) {
+                    statement.block.statements.forEach { it.accept(this) }
+                } else {
+                    statement.accept(this)
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         override fun visitBlockStatement(blockStatement: JKBlockStatement) {
diff --git a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/conversions/BlockToRunConversion.kt b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/conversions/BlockToRunConversion.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf506adca92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/conversions/BlockToRunConversion.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.conversions
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.ConversionContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.ast.Nullability
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.tree.JKBlock
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.tree.JKBlockStatement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.tree.JKDeclaration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.tree.JKTreeElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.j2k.tree.impl.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId
+
+class BlockToRunConversion(private val context: ConversionContext) : RecursiveApplicableConversionBase() {
+    override fun applyToElement(element: JKTreeElement): JKTreeElement {
+        if (element !is JKBlockStatement) return recurse(element)
+
+        if (element.parent !is JKBlock) return recurse(element)
+
+        val parentDeclaration = element.parentOfType<JKDeclaration>() ?: return recurse(element)
+        val psiContext = context.backAnnotator(parentDeclaration) ?: return recurse(element)
+
+        val unitType =
+            context.symbolProvider.provideDirectSymbol(
+                resolveFqName(ClassId.topLevel(KotlinBuiltIns.FQ_NAMES.unit.toSafe()), psiContext)!!
+            )
+        val runSymbol = context.symbolProvider.provideDirectSymbol(
+            multiResolveFqName(ClassId.fromString("kotlin/run"), psiContext).first()
+        )
+
+        element.invalidate()
+        val lambda = JKLambdaExpressionImpl(
+            emptyList(),
+            JKTypeElementImpl(JKClassTypeImpl(unitType as JKClassSymbol, emptyList(), Nullability.NotNull)),
+            JKBlockStatementImpl(element.block)
+        )
+        val call = JKKtCallExpressionImpl(runSymbol as JKMethodSymbol, JKExpressionListImpl(listOf(lambda)))
+        return recurse(call)
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/tree/jk.kt b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/tree/jk.kt
index 4e822786fe1..e3e75627deb 100644
--- a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/tree/jk.kt
+++ b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/tree/jk.kt
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ interface JKLoopStatement : JKStatement {
     var body: JKStatement
 }
 
-interface JKBlockStatement : JKStatement {
+interface JKBlockStatement : JKStatement, JKBranchElement {
     var block: JKBlock
 }