diff --git a/native/objcexport-header-generator/impl/analysis-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/objcexport/analysisApiUtils/isObjCBaseCallable.kt b/native/objcexport-header-generator/impl/analysis-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/objcexport/analysisApiUtils/isObjCBaseCallable.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.objcexport.analysisApiUtils
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.KtAnalysisSession
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.symbols.KtCallableSymbol
+
+/**
+ * Check that given [descriptor] is a so-called "base method", i.e. method
+ * that doesn't override anything in a generated Objective-C interface.
+ * Note that it does not mean that it has no "override" keyword.
+ * Consider example:
+ * ```kotlin
+ * private interface I {
+ *     fun f()
+ * }
+ *
+ * class C : I {
+ *     override fun f() {}
+ * }
+ * ```
+ * Interface `I` is not exposed to the generated header, so C#f is considered to be a base method even though it has an "override" keyword.
+ */
+context(KtAnalysisSession)
+fun KtCallableSymbol.isObjCBaseCallable(): Boolean {
+    return getAllOverriddenSymbols().none { overriddenSymbol ->
+        overriddenSymbol.isVisibleInObjC()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/native/objcexport-header-generator/impl/analysis-api/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/objcexport/tests/IsObjCBaseCallableTest.kt b/native/objcexport-header-generator/impl/analysis-api/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/objcexport/tests/IsObjCBaseCallableTest.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.objcexport.tests
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analysis.api.analyze
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.objcexport.analysisApiUtils.isObjCBaseCallable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.objcexport.testUtils.InlineSourceCodeAnalysis
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.objcexport.testUtils.getClassOrFail
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.objcexport.testUtils.getFunctionOrFail
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class IsObjCBaseCallableTest(
+    private val inlineSourceCodeAnalysis: InlineSourceCodeAnalysis,
+) {
+    @Test
+    fun `test - top level function`() {
+        val file = inlineSourceCodeAnalysis.createKtFile("fun foo() = Unit")
+        analyze(file) {
+            val fooSymbol = file.getFunctionOrFail("foo")
+            assertTrue(fooSymbol.isObjCBaseCallable())
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test - function overriding abstract function`() {
+        val file = inlineSourceCodeAnalysis.createKtFile(
+            """
+                abstract class Bar {
+                    abstract fun x()
+                }
+                
+                class Foo : Bar() {
+                    override fun x() = Unit
+                }
+
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+
+        analyze(file) {
+            val fooSymbol = file.getClassOrFail("Foo")
+            val xSymbol = fooSymbol.getMemberScope().getFunctionOrFail("x")
+            assertFalse(xSymbol.isObjCBaseCallable())
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test - function overriding private interface function`() {
+        val file = inlineSourceCodeAnalysis.createKtFile(
+            """
+                private interface I {
+                    fun x()
+                }
+                class Foo: I {
+                    override fun x() = Unit
+                }
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+
+        analyze(file) {
+            val fooSymbol = file.getClassOrFail("Foo")
+            val xSymbol = fooSymbol.getMemberScope().getFunctionOrFail("x")
+            assertTrue(xSymbol.isObjCBaseCallable())
+        }
+    }
+}