1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
index 0c64bb2901..c0f7d8412a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/interpreter/IMain.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import scala.sys.BooleanProp
 import io.VirtualDirectory
 import scala.tools.nsc.io.AbstractFile
 import reporters._
+import reporters.{Reporter => NscReporter}
 import symtab.Flags
 import scala.reflect.internal.Names
 import scala.tools.util.PathResolver
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ class IMain(initialSettings: Settings, protected val out: JPrintWriter) extends
   protected def createLineManager(classLoader: ClassLoader): Line.Manager = new Line.Manager(classLoader)
 
   /** Instantiate a compiler.  Overridable. */
-  protected def newCompiler(settings: Settings, reporter: Reporter) = {
+  protected def newCompiler(settings: Settings, reporter: NscReporter) = {
     settings.outputDirs setSingleOutput virtualDirectory
     settings.exposeEmptyPackage.value = true
 
@@ -340,7 +341,14 @@ class IMain(initialSettings: Settings, protected val out: JPrintWriter) extends
   def getInterpreterClassLoader() = classLoader
 
   // Set the current Java "context" class loader to this interpreter's class loader
-  def setContextClassLoader() = classLoader.setAsContext()
+  def setContextClassLoader() = {
+    classLoader.setAsContext()
+
+    // this is risky, but it's our only possibility to make default reflexive mirror to work with REPL
+    // so far we have only used the default mirror to create a few manifests for the compiler
+    // so it shouldn't be in conflict with our classloader, especially since it respects its parent
+    scala.reflect.mirror.classLoader = classLoader
+  }
 
   /** Given a simple repl-defined name, returns the real name of
    *  the class representing it, e.g. for "Bippy" it may return