diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/JetPsiChecker.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/JetPsiChecker.java
index 1ee55bb828d699a13a62edf0accb35c19f8fe314..55635016e5ce7a25c46e8a10e10be750991cafe3 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/JetPsiChecker.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/JetPsiChecker.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public class JetPsiChecker implements Annotator {
         return new HighlightingVisitor[]{
             new SoftKeywordsHighlightingVisitor(holder),
             new LabelsHighlightingVisitor(holder),
-            new TypeKindHighlightingVisitor(holder),
         };
     }
 
@@ -92,6 +91,7 @@ public class JetPsiChecker implements Annotator {
             new PropertiesHighlightingVisitor(holder, bindingContext),
             new FunctionsHighlightingVisitor(holder, bindingContext),
             new VariablesHighlightingVisitor(holder, bindingContext),
+            new TypeKindHighlightingVisitor(holder, bindingContext),
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.java
index 26fbaa06f89d7bab9be75a0e4efc18c79b8ed7d1..161a166199472bc731d6b15f68191aa24ecbe834 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.java
@@ -21,87 +21,70 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.*;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.lexer.JetTokens;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.BindingContext;
 
 /**
  * @author Evgeny Gerashchenko
  * @since 3/29/12
  */
-class TypeKindHighlightingVisitor extends HighlightingVisitor {
-    protected TypeKindHighlightingVisitor(AnnotationHolder holder) {
-        super(holder);
+class TypeKindHighlightingVisitor extends AfterAnalysisHighlightingVisitor {
+    TypeKindHighlightingVisitor(AnnotationHolder holder, BindingContext bindingContext) {
+        super(holder, bindingContext);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void visitAnnotationEntry(JetAnnotationEntry annotationEntry) {
-        JetTypeReference typeReference = annotationEntry.getTypeReference();
-        if (typeReference == null) return;
-        JetTypeElement typeElement = typeReference.getTypeElement();
-        if (!(typeElement instanceof JetUserType)) return;
-        JetUserType userType = (JetUserType)typeElement;
-        if (userType.getQualifier() != null) return;
-        JetSimpleNameExpression referenceExpression = userType.getReferenceExpression();
-        if (referenceExpression != null) {
-            holder.createInfoAnnotation(referenceExpression.getNode(), null).setTextAttributes(JetHighlightingColors.ANNOTATION);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void visitNameExpression(JetExpression expression) {
+    public void visitSimpleNameExpression(JetSimpleNameExpression expression) {
         PsiReference ref = expression.getReference();
         if (ref == null) return;
         if (JetPsiChecker.isNamesHighlightingEnabled()) {
-            PsiElement target = ref.resolve();
-            if (target instanceof JetClass) {
-                highlightClassByKind((JetClass)target, expression);
+            DeclarationDescriptor referenceTarget = bindingContext.get(BindingContext.REFERENCE_TARGET, expression);
+            if (referenceTarget instanceof ConstructorDescriptor) {
+                referenceTarget = referenceTarget.getContainingDeclaration();
             }
-            else if (target instanceof JetTypeParameter) {
+
+            if (referenceTarget instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
+                highlightClassByKind((ClassDescriptor) referenceTarget, expression);
+            }
+            else if (referenceTarget instanceof TypeParameterDescriptor) {
                 JetPsiChecker.highlightName(holder, expression, JetHighlightingColors.TYPE_PARAMETER);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void visitSimpleNameExpression(JetSimpleNameExpression expression) {
-        visitNameExpression(expression);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void visitQualifiedExpression(JetQualifiedExpression expression) {
-        visitNameExpression(expression);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void visitTypeParameter(JetTypeParameter parameter) {
         PsiElement identifier = parameter.getNameIdentifier();
         if (identifier != null) {
             JetPsiChecker.highlightName(holder, identifier, JetHighlightingColors.TYPE_PARAMETER);
         }
+        super.visitTypeParameter(parameter);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void visitClass(JetClass klass) {
         PsiElement identifier = klass.getNameIdentifier();
-        if (identifier != null) {
-            highlightClassByKind(klass, identifier);
+        ClassDescriptor classDescriptor = bindingContext.get(BindingContext.CLASS, klass);
+        if (identifier != null && classDescriptor != null) {
+            highlightClassByKind(classDescriptor, identifier);
         }
+        super.visitClass(klass);
     }
 
-    private void highlightClassByKind(@NotNull JetClass klass, @NotNull PsiElement whatToHighlight) {
-        TextAttributesKey textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.CLASS;
-        if (klass.isTrait()) {
-            textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.TRAIT;
-        }
-        else {
-            JetModifierList modifierList = klass.getModifierList();
-            if (modifierList != null) {
-                if (modifierList.hasModifier(JetTokens.ANNOTATION_KEYWORD)) {
-                    textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.ANNOTATION;
-                }
-                else if (modifierList.hasModifier(JetTokens.ABSTRACT_KEYWORD)) {
-                    textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.ABSTRACT_CLASS;
-                }
-            }
+    private void highlightClassByKind(@NotNull ClassDescriptor classDescriptor, @NotNull PsiElement whatToHighlight) {
+        TextAttributesKey textAttributes;
+        switch (classDescriptor.getKind()) {
+            case TRAIT:
+                textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.TRAIT;
+                break;
+            case ANNOTATION_CLASS:
+                textAttributes = JetHighlightingColors.ANNOTATION;
+                break;
+            default:
+                textAttributes = classDescriptor.getModality() == Modality.ABSTRACT
+                                 ? JetHighlightingColors.ABSTRACT_CLASS
+                                 : JetHighlightingColors.CLASS;
         }
         JetPsiChecker.highlightName(holder, whatToHighlight, textAttributes);
     }
diff --git a/idea/testData/highlighter/JavaTypes.kt b/idea/testData/highlighter/JavaTypes.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ebcdd3cf16e86aefecec9b7d809a71b969f497d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/highlighter/JavaTypes.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<info textAttributesKey="KOTLIN_ANNOTATION">Override</info> class <info textAttributesKey="KOTLIN_CLASS">TheClass</info> : <info textAttributesKey="KOTLIN_TRAIT">Runnable</info>, <info textAttributesKey="KOTLIN_CLASS"><info textAttributesKey="KOTLIN_CONSTRUCTOR">Thread</info></info>() {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/NamesHighlightingTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/NamesHighlightingTest.java
index 1cfe67566afa99e0c3a3cd259dae6b1508f73d27..9892279f7a464dfb5466d397633ff72564766a3f 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/NamesHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/NamesHighlightingTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.plugin;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase;
+import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.highlighter.JetPsiChecker;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,15 @@ public class NamesHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
         doTest();
     }
 
+    public void testJavaTypes() throws Exception {
+        doTest();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Sdk getProjectJDK() {
+        return PluginTestCaseBase.jdkFromIdeaHome();
+    }
+
     private void doTest() throws Exception {
         doTest(getTestName(false) + ".kt", false, true);
     }