diff --git a/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupport.java b/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupport.java
index be510dc844..a11a799aee 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupport.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupport.java
@@ -69,5 +69,10 @@ public void checkConstructorParameterAnnotations(Constructor<?> constructor, Err
     public boolean isLocalClass(Class<?> clazz) {
       return false;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValueClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupportInterface.java b/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupportInterface.java
index 69894ad1ba..7d76dc4bd0 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupportInterface.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/inject/internal/KotlinSupportInterface.java
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@ public interface KotlinSupportInterface {
 
   /** Returns whether the {@code clazz} is a local Kotlin class. */
   boolean isLocalClass(Class<?> clazz);
+
+  /** Returns whether the {@code clazz} is a Kotlin value class. */
+  boolean isValueClass(Class<?> clazz);
 }
diff --git a/core/test/com/google/inject/BUILD b/core/test/com/google/inject/BUILD
index d04ff72762..8a77800434 100644
--- a/core/test/com/google/inject/BUILD
+++ b/core/test/com/google/inject/BUILD
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ java_library(
     deps = [
         ":add_opens_tests",
         ":tests",
+        "//core/src/com/google/inject",
         "//core/test/com/googlecode/guice:tests",
         "//third_party/java/junit",
     ],