diff --git a/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives.cpp b/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives.cpp
index a7137c4c201..09d0c71062b 100644
--- a/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives.cpp
+++ b/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives.cpp
@@ -881,13 +881,52 @@ Java_java_lang_invoke_MethodHandleNatives_resolve(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, job
 					vmindex = (jlong)(UDATA)methodID;
 					target = (jlong)(UDATA)method;
 
+					J9ROMMethod *romMethod = J9_ROM_METHOD_FROM_RAM_METHOD(methodID->method);
+					J9UTF8 *methodName = J9ROMMETHOD_NAME(romMethod);
+					U_32 methodModifiers = romMethod->modifiers;
 					new_clazz = J9VM_J9CLASS_TO_HEAPCLASS(J9_CLASS_FROM_METHOD(method));
+					new_flags = methodModifiers & CFR_METHOD_ACCESS_MASK;
 
-					J9ROMMethod *romMethod = J9_ROM_METHOD_FROM_RAM_METHOD(methodID->method);
-					new_flags = flags | (romMethod->modifiers & CFR_METHOD_ACCESS_MASK);
-					if (J9_ARE_ANY_BITS_SET(romMethod->modifiers, J9AccMethodCallerSensitive)) {
+					if (J9_ARE_ANY_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccMethodCallerSensitive)) {
 						new_flags |= MN_CALLER_SENSITIVE;
 					}
+
+					if (J9_ARE_ALL_BITS_SET(flags, MN_IS_METHOD)) {
+						new_flags |= MN_IS_METHOD;
+						if (MH_REF_INVOKEINTERFACE == ref_kind) {
+							Assert_JCL_true(J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccStatic));
+							if (J9_ARE_ALL_BITS_SET(methodID->vTableIndex, J9_JNI_MID_INTERFACE)) {
+								new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKEINTERFACE << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+							} else if (!J9ROMMETHOD_HAS_VTABLE(romMethod)) {
+								new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKESPECIAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+							} else {
+								new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKEVIRTUAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+							}
+						} else if (MH_REF_INVOKESPECIAL == ref_kind) {
+							Assert_JCL_true(J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccStatic));
+							new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKESPECIAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+						} else if (MH_REF_INVOKESTATIC == ref_kind) {
+							Assert_JCL_true(J9_ARE_ALL_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccStatic));
+							new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKESTATIC << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+						} else if (MH_REF_INVOKEVIRTUAL == ref_kind) {
+							Assert_JCL_true(J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccStatic));
+							if (!J9ROMMETHOD_HAS_VTABLE(romMethod)) {
+								new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKESPECIAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+							} else {
+								if (J9_ARE_ALL_BITS_SET(methodID->vTableIndex, J9_JNI_MID_INTERFACE)) {
+									new_clazz = J9VM_J9CLASS_TO_HEAPCLASS(resolvedClass);
+								}
+								new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKEVIRTUAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+							}
+						} else {
+							Assert_JCL_unreachable();
+						}
+					} else if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(methodModifiers, J9AccStatic) && ('<' == (char)*J9UTF8_DATA(methodName))) {
+						new_flags |= MN_IS_CONSTRUCTOR;
+						new_flags |= MH_REF_INVOKESPECIAL << MN_REFERENCE_KIND_SHIFT;
+					} else {
+						Assert_JCL_unreachable();
+					}
 				}
 			} if (J9_ARE_ANY_BITS_SET(flags, MN_IS_FIELD)) {
 				J9Class *declaringClass;