diff --git a/src/IKVM.Java/local/ikvm/runtime/Util.java b/src/IKVM.Java/local/ikvm/runtime/Util.java
index 4654b26052..fb7dc90c12 100644
--- a/src/IKVM.Java/local/ikvm/runtime/Util.java
+++ b/src/IKVM.Java/local/ikvm/runtime/Util.java
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@
 */
 package ikvm.runtime;
 
+import cli.System.Delegate;
 import cli.System.Type;
 import cli.System.RuntimeTypeHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 
 public final class Util
@@ -48,8 +54,33 @@ private Util()
 
     public static native Type getRuntimeTypeFromClass(Class classObject);
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a delegate of the given type that invokes the given method handle. The handle is adapted to the
+     * signature of the delegate's Invoke method, which performs any conversions required; a handle that cannot be
+     * adapted results in a {@link java.lang.invoke.WrongMethodTypeException}.
+     */
+    public static native Delegate getDelegateFromMethodHandle(Type delegateType, MethodHandle methodHandle);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a delegate of the given type that invokes the given method or constructor. Access is checked as it is
+     * for {@link MethodHandles.Lookup#unreflect}; call {@code setAccessible(true)} on the member first in order to
+     * create a delegate for an otherwise inaccessible one.
+     */
+    public static Delegate getDelegateFromMethod(Type delegateType, Executable executable) throws IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        if (executable == null)
+            throw new NullPointerException("executable");
+
+        MethodHandles.Lookup lookup = MethodHandles.lookup();
+        MethodHandle methodHandle = executable instanceof Constructor
+            ? lookup.unreflectConstructor((Constructor)executable)
+            : lookup.unreflect((Method)executable);
+
+        return getDelegateFromMethodHandle(delegateType, methodHandle);
+    }
+
     public static native Throwable mapException(Throwable x);
-    
+
     public static native Throwable unmapException(Throwable x);
 
     public static void throwException(cli.System.Exception x)
diff --git a/src/IKVM.Runtime/Java/Externs/ikvm/runtime/Util.cs b/src/IKVM.Runtime/Java/Externs/ikvm/runtime/Util.cs
index 1fbc79ad5c..fa74c7bf27 100644
--- a/src/IKVM.Runtime/Java/Externs/ikvm/runtime/Util.cs
+++ b/src/IKVM.Runtime/Java/Externs/ikvm/runtime/Util.cs
@@ -185,6 +185,46 @@ public static Type getRuntimeTypeFromClass(global::java.lang.Class classObject)
                 return wrapper.TypeAsBaseType;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a delegate of the given type that invokes the given method handle. The handle is adapted to the
+        /// signature of the delegate's Invoke method, which performs any conversions required (boxing, primitive
+        /// widening, ghost wrapping, receiver binding); an incompatible handle results in a
+        /// <see cref="global::java.lang.invoke.WrongMethodTypeException"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="delegateType"></param>
+        /// <param name="methodHandle"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Delegate getDelegateFromMethodHandle(Type delegateType, global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle methodHandle)
+        {
+#if FIRST_PASS
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+#else
+            if (delegateType == null)
+                throw new global::java.lang.NullPointerException("delegateType");
+            if (methodHandle == null)
+                throw new global::java.lang.NullPointerException("methodHandle");
+
+            var invoke = delegateType.BaseType == typeof(MulticastDelegate) ? delegateType.GetMethod("Invoke") : null;
+            if (invoke == null)
+                throw new global::java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(delegateType.FullName + " is not a delegate type.");
+
+            foreach (var parameter in invoke.GetParameters())
+                if (parameter.ParameterType.IsByRef || parameter.ParameterType.IsPointer)
+                    throw new global::java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(delegateType.FullName + " has a by-ref or pointer parameter.");
+
+            // adapt the handle to the delegate's own signature; this is what performs the conversions, and is also
+            // what rejects a handle that cannot be called through this delegate
+            var methodType = JVM.Context.MethodHandleUtil.GetDelegateMethodType(delegateType);
+            methodHandle = methodHandle.asType(methodType).asFixedArity();
+
+            // the adapted handle is materialized as its canonical MH/MHV delegate, which by construction has exactly
+            // the signature of the requested delegate; binding its Invoke as the target closes over it
+            var inner = JVM.Context.MethodHandleUtil.GetDelegateForInvokeExact(methodHandle);
+            return Delegate.CreateDelegate(delegateType, inner, inner.GetType().GetMethod("Invoke"), false) ??
+                throw new global::java.lang.IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create a " + delegateType.FullName + " for a method handle of type " + methodType + ".");
+#endif
+        }
+
         [HideFromJava]
         public static Exception mapException(Exception e)
         {
diff --git a/src/IKVM.Runtime/MethodHandleUtil.jniexport.cs b/src/IKVM.Runtime/MethodHandleUtil.jniexport.cs
index 0d4e614310..06bb39af2e 100644
--- a/src/IKVM.Runtime/MethodHandleUtil.jniexport.cs
+++ b/src/IKVM.Runtime/MethodHandleUtil.jniexport.cs
@@ -633,20 +633,32 @@ internal Type GetDelegateTypeForInvokeExact(global::java.lang.invoke.MethodType
             return type._invokeExactDelegateType;
         }
 
-        internal T GetDelegateForInvokeExact<T>(global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle mh)
-            where T : class, Delegate
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the canonical delegate that invokes the given method handle exactly. The type of the returned delegate
+        /// is the <see cref="MH"/> or <see cref="MHV"/> instantiation that corresponds to the handle's method type, as
+        /// returned by <see cref="GetDelegateTypeForInvokeExact"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="mh"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        internal Delegate GetDelegateForInvokeExact(global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle mh)
         {
             var type = mh.type();
             if (mh._invokeExactDelegate == null)
             {
                 type._invokeExactDynamicMethod ??= DynamicMethodBuilder.CreateInvokeExact(context, type);
                 mh._invokeExactDelegate = type._invokeExactDynamicMethod.CreateDelegate(GetDelegateTypeForInvokeExact(type), mh);
-                var del = mh._invokeExactDelegate as T;
-                if (del != null)
-                    return del;
             }
 
-            throw java.lang.invoke.Invokers.newWrongMethodTypeException(GetDelegateMethodType(typeof(T)), type);
+            return (Delegate)mh._invokeExactDelegate;
+        }
+
+        internal T GetDelegateForInvokeExact<T>(global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle mh)
+            where T : class, Delegate
+        {
+            if (GetDelegateForInvokeExact(mh) is T del)
+                return del;
+
+            throw java.lang.invoke.Invokers.newWrongMethodTypeException(GetDelegateMethodType(typeof(T)), mh.type());
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/IKVM.Tests/Java/ikvm/runtime/UtilDelegateTests.cs b/src/IKVM.Tests/Java/ikvm/runtime/UtilDelegateTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467ce9fae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IKVM.Tests/Java/ikvm/runtime/UtilDelegateTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+using System;
+
+using FluentAssertions;
+
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace IKVM.Tests.Java.ikvm.runtime
+{
+
+    [TestClass]
+    public class UtilDelegateTests
+    {
+
+        static global::java.lang.Class Class(string name) => global::java.lang.Class.forName(name);
+
+        static global::java.lang.reflect.Method Method(string className, string methodName, params string[] parameterTypeNames)
+        {
+            var parameterTypes = new global::java.lang.Class[parameterTypeNames.Length];
+            for (int i = 0; i < parameterTypes.Length; i++)
+                parameterTypes[i] = Class(parameterTypeNames[i]);
+
+            return Class(className).getMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForInstanceMethod()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.util.ArrayList", "size");
+            var d = (Func<object, int>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object, int>), m);
+
+            var list = new global::java.util.ArrayList();
+            list.add("a");
+            list.add("b");
+
+            d(list).Should().Be(2);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForInstanceMethodWithArgument()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.lang.StringBuilder", "append", "java.lang.String");
+            var d = (Func<object, object, object>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object, object, object>), m);
+
+            var sb = new global::java.lang.StringBuilder("a");
+            d(sb, "b").Should().BeSameAs(sb);
+            sb.toString().Should().Be("ab");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForStaticMethod()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.lang.Integer", "parseInt", "java.lang.String");
+            var d = (Func<object, int>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object, int>), m);
+
+            d("42").Should().Be(42);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForVoidMethod()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.util.ArrayList", "clear");
+            var d = (Action<object>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Action<object>), m);
+
+            var list = new global::java.util.ArrayList();
+            list.add("a");
+            d(list);
+
+            list.size().Should().Be(0);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// java.lang.Object is a remapped type, so its methods have no single backing MethodBase; the handle has to
+        /// route through the instance helper.
+        /// </summary>
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForMethodOnRemappedType()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.lang.Object", "hashCode");
+            var d = (Func<object, int>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object, int>), m);
+
+            var o = new object();
+            d(o).Should().Be(global::java.lang.System.identityHashCode(o));
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForConstructor()
+        {
+            var c = Class("java.util.ArrayList").getConstructor(new global::java.lang.Class[0]);
+            var d = (Func<object>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object>), c);
+
+            d().Should().BeOfType<global::java.util.ArrayList>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Access is checked as for Lookup.unreflect, so an inaccessible member is rejected unless it has been marked
+        /// accessible. java.lang.Runtime's constructor is private.
+        /// </summary>
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThrowsForInaccessibleMemberUntilMarkedAccessible()
+        {
+            var c = Class("java.lang.Runtime").getDeclaredConstructor(new global::java.lang.Class[0]);
+
+            var act = () => global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object>), c);
+            act.Should().Throw<global::java.lang.IllegalAccessException>();
+
+            c.setAccessible(true);
+            var d = (Func<object>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object>), c);
+            d().Should().BeOfType<global::java.lang.Runtime>();
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void CanCreateDelegateForBoundMethodHandle()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.util.ArrayList", "size");
+            var list = new global::java.util.ArrayList();
+            list.add("a");
+
+            var mh = global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.publicLookup().unreflect(m).bindTo(list);
+            var d = (Func<int>)global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethodHandle(typeof(Func<int>), mh);
+
+            d().Should().Be(1);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThrowsForTypeThatIsNotADelegate()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.util.ArrayList", "size");
+
+            var act = () => global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(string), m);
+            act.Should().Throw<global::java.lang.IllegalArgumentException>();
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThrowsForIncompatibleDelegateSignature()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.lang.Integer", "parseInt", "java.lang.String");
+
+            // parseInt takes one argument; this delegate supplies three
+            var act = () => global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethod(typeof(Func<object, object, object, int>), m);
+            act.Should().Throw<global::java.lang.invoke.WrongMethodTypeException>();
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ThrowsForNullArguments()
+        {
+            var m = Method("java.util.ArrayList", "size");
+
+            var nullType = () => global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethodHandle(null, global::java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.publicLookup().unreflect(m));
+            nullType.Should().Throw<global::java.lang.NullPointerException>();
+
+            var nullHandle = () => global::ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethodHandle(typeof(Func<object, int>), null);
+            nullHandle.Should().Throw<global::java.lang.NullPointerException>();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}