diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
index 77a06230894..fb698aa8215 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ fun FirClassifierSymbol<*>.toSymbol(
         is FirTypeAliasSymbol -> {
             handleAnnotations?.invoke(fir.expandedTypeRef.annotations)
             val coneClassLikeType = fir.expandedTypeRef.coneType as ConeClassLikeType
-            coneClassLikeType.lookupTag.toSymbol(session)!!.toSymbol(session, classifierStorage, typeContext, handleAnnotations)
+            coneClassLikeType.lookupTag.toSymbol(session)
+                ?.toSymbol(session, classifierStorage, typeContext, handleAnnotations)
+                ?: classifierStorage.getIrClassSymbolForNotFoundClass(coneClassLikeType.lookupTag)
         }
         is FirClassSymbol -> {
             classifierStorage.getIrClassSymbol(this)
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
index 279332b7cb2..998560e3ce6 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibilities
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibility
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.expressions.FirAnonymousObjectExpression
@@ -24,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.impl.ConeClassLikeLookupTagImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.impl.FirClassSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.impl.FirTypeParameterSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.FirTypeRef
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.declarations.UNDEFINED_PARAMETER_INDEX
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.impl.IrEnumConstructorCallImpl
@@ -468,6 +466,29 @@ class Fir2IrClassifierStorage(
         return symbol
     }
 
+    fun getIrClassSymbolForNotFoundClass(classLikeLookupTag: ConeClassLikeLookupTag): IrClassSymbol {
+        val classId = classLikeLookupTag.classId
+        val signature = IdSignature.CommonSignature(
+            classId.packageFqName.asString(), classId.relativeClassName.asString(), 0, 0,
+        )
+
+        val parentId = classId.outerClassId
+        val parentClass = parentId?.let { getIrClassSymbolForNotFoundClass(ConeClassLikeLookupTagImpl(it)) }
+        val irParent = parentClass?.owner ?: declarationStorage.getIrExternalPackageFragment(classId.packageFqName)
+
+        val symbol = Fir2IrClassSymbol(signature)
+        symbolTable.declareClass(signature, { symbol }) {
+            irFactory.createClass(
+                UNDEFINED_OFFSET, UNDEFINED_OFFSET, IrDeclarationOrigin.IR_EXTERNAL_DECLARATION_STUB, symbol, classId.shortClassName,
+                ClassKind.CLASS, DescriptorVisibilities.DEFAULT_VISIBILITY, Modality.FINAL,
+            ).apply {
+                parent = irParent
+            }
+        }
+
+        return symbol
+    }
+
     fun getIrTypeParameterSymbol(
         firTypeParameterSymbol: FirTypeParameterSymbol,
         typeContext: ConversionTypeContext
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrDeclarationStorage.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrDeclarationStorage.kt
index 9e5f05ae1ed..91ffeeec91f 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrDeclarationStorage.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrDeclarationStorage.kt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Fir2IrDeclarationStorage(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun getIrExternalPackageFragment(fqName: FqName): IrExternalPackageFragment {
+    fun getIrExternalPackageFragment(fqName: FqName): IrExternalPackageFragment {
         return fragmentCache.getOrPut(fqName) {
             return symbolTable.declareExternalPackageFragment(FirPackageFragmentDescriptor(fqName, moduleDescriptor))
         }
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
index 1180f55c9cb..c2a430fef19 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.languageVersionSettings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve.fullyExpandedType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve.substitution.AbstractConeSubstitutor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve.toSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.ConeClassLikeLookupTag
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.typeContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.impl.*
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ class Fir2IrTypeConverter(
                         ?: lookupTag.toSymbol(session)?.toSymbol(session, classifierStorage, typeContext) {
                             typeAnnotations += with(annotationGenerator) { it.toIrAnnotations() }
                         }
+                        ?: (lookupTag as? ConeClassLikeLookupTag)?.let(classifierStorage::getIrClassSymbolForNotFoundClass)
                         ?: return createErrorType()
 
                 when {
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index e94e089b2f0..a5d9c90b6f3 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -16366,6 +16366,12 @@ public class FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractFirBlackBoxCodegenT
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/noSymbolForIntRangeIterator.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("notFoundClasses.kt")
+        public void testNotFoundClasses() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("SamWithReceiverMavenProjectImportHandler.kt")
         public void testSamWithReceiverMavenProjectImportHandler() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ac3965353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// WITH_RUNTIME
+// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
+// TARGET_BACKEND: JVM
+
+// MODULE: lib1
+// FILE: A.java
+public class A {}
+
+// MODULE: lib2(lib1)
+// FILE: B.java
+public class B {
+    public static void foo(java.util.List<A> x) {}
+    public static java.util.List<A> getListOfA() { return new java.util.ArrayList<A>(); }
+}
+
+// MODULE: main(lib2)
+// FILE: main.kt
+
+val a = B.getListOfA()
+
+fun box(): String {
+    B.foo(emptyList())
+
+    if (!a.isEmpty()) return "fail"
+
+    return "OK"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/inference/manyConstraintsDueToFlexibleRawTypes.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/inference/manyConstraintsDueToFlexibleRawTypes.kt
index 4ae08c0ea3b..98c877c7fef 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/inference/manyConstraintsDueToFlexibleRawTypes.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/inference/manyConstraintsDueToFlexibleRawTypes.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // TARGET_BACKEND: JVM
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 // FILE: MySettings.java
 
 import java.util.Collection;
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index f29646f00fc..7a437fa85b6 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -16252,6 +16252,12 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/NameHighlighter.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("notFoundClasses.kt")
+        public void testNotFoundClasses() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("SuspendExtension.kt")
         public void testSuspendExtension() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index cf8743911e9..adb47408df1 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -16366,6 +16366,12 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/noSymbolForIntRangeIterator.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("notFoundClasses.kt")
+        public void testNotFoundClasses() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("SamWithReceiverMavenProjectImportHandler.kt")
         public void testSamWithReceiverMavenProjectImportHandler() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
index 202a8b0b925..c48e76fc005 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
@@ -13401,6 +13401,11 @@ public class LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated extends AbstractLightAnalysisModeTes
         public void testNameHighlighter() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/NameHighlighter.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("notFoundClasses.kt")
+        public void testNotFoundClasses() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/notFoundClasses.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fullJdk")