diff --git a/kernel/bootstrap/compiled_method.rb b/kernel/bootstrap/compiled_method.rb
index 8e600d8b45..453890d4fc 100644
--- a/kernel/bootstrap/compiled_method.rb
+++ b/kernel/bootstrap/compiled_method.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class CompiledMethod
+class CompiledMethod < Executable
 
   def self.allocate
     Ruby.primitive :compiledmethod_allocate
diff --git a/kernel/common/compiled_method.rb b/kernel/common/compiled_method.rb
index 29cfe98d06..64855d29ba 100644
--- a/kernel/common/compiled_method.rb
+++ b/kernel/common/compiled_method.rb
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ def to_s
 end
 
 class CompiledMethod < Executable
+  class Visibility
+    attr_accessor :method
+    attr_reader   :visibility
+  end
+
   # Ivars: instance_variables, primitive, serial, name, iseq, stack_size,
   # local_count, required_args, total_args, splat, literals, exceptions,
   # lines, file, compiled, scope
diff --git a/kernel/common/module.rb b/kernel/common/module.rb
index 14f5867110..95cab87db3 100644
--- a/kernel/common/module.rb
+++ b/kernel/common/module.rb
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ def instance_method(name)
       cmethod = mod.method_table[name]
     end
 
+    # unwrap the real method from Visibility if needed
+    cmethod = cmethod.method if cmethod.kind_of? CompiledMethod::Visibility
+
     # We want to show the real module
     mod = mod.module if mod.class == IncludedModule
     return UnboundMethod.new(mod, cmethod, self) if cmethod