diff --git a/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/KotlinUastLanguagePlugin.kt b/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/KotlinUastLanguagePlugin.kt
index e44fb4a2a0f..4bbdb86ecb4 100644
--- a/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/KotlinUastLanguagePlugin.kt
+++ b/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/KotlinUastLanguagePlugin.kt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ internal object KotlinConverter : UastConverter {
         if (typeReference == null) return UastErrorType
         val bindingContext = typeReference.analyze(BodyResolveMode.PARTIAL)
         val type = bindingContext[BindingContext.TYPE, typeReference] ?: return UastErrorType
-        return convert(type, typeReference.project, parent)
+        return KotlinUType(type, typeReference.project, parent, typeReference.typeElement)
     }
 
     internal fun asSimpleReference(element: PsiElement?, parent: UElement): USimpleReferenceExpression? {
diff --git a/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/declarations/KotlinUType.kt b/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/declarations/KotlinUType.kt
index 22f5d541df0..0bf301590d4 100644
--- a/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/declarations/KotlinUType.kt
+++ b/plugins/uast-kotlin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/uast/declarations/KotlinUType.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.uast
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqNameUnsafe
@@ -24,12 +25,14 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.fqNameSafe
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
 import org.jetbrains.uast.*
+import org.jetbrains.uast.psi.PsiElementBacked
 
 class KotlinUType(
         val type: KotlinType,
         val project: Project,
-        override val parent: UElement?
-) : KotlinAbstractUElement(), UType {
+        override val parent: UElement?,
+        override val psi: PsiElement? = null
+) : KotlinAbstractUElement(), UType, PsiElementBacked {
     override val name: String
         get() = type.toString()