diff --git a/api/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/utils.kt b/api/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/utils.kt
index 42bd9fb9e9..d3c2f54f90 100644
--- a/api/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/utils.kt
+++ b/api/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/utils.kt
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class KSTypesNotPresentException(val ksTypes: List<KSType>, cause: Throwable) :
 
 @KspExperimental
 private fun KSType.asClass(proxyClass: Class<*>) = try {
-    Class.forName(this.declaration.qualifiedName!!.asString(), true, proxyClass.classLoader)
+    Class.forName(this.declaration.toJavaClassName(), true, proxyClass.classLoader)
 } catch (e: Exception) {
     throw KSTypeNotPresentException(this, e)
 }
@@ -536,3 +536,28 @@ fun KSValueArgument.isDefault() = origin == Origin.SYNTHETIC
 
 @KspExperimental
 private fun Any.asArray(method: Method, proxyClass: Class<*>) = listOf(this).asArray(method, proxyClass)
+
+private fun KSDeclaration.toJavaClassName(): String {
+    val nameDelimiter = '.'
+    val packageNameString = packageName.asString()
+    val qualifiedNameString = qualifiedName!!.asString()
+    val simpleNames = qualifiedNameString
+        .removePrefix("${packageNameString}$nameDelimiter")
+        .split(nameDelimiter)
+
+    return if (simpleNames.size > 1) {
+        buildString {
+            append(packageNameString)
+            append(nameDelimiter)
+
+            simpleNames.forEachIndexed { index, s ->
+                if (index > 0) {
+                    append('$')
+                }
+                append(s)
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        qualifiedNameString
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kotlin-analysis-api/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/KSPAATest.kt b/kotlin-analysis-api/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/KSPAATest.kt
index 3642024744..db7d460845 100644
--- a/kotlin-analysis-api/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/KSPAATest.kt
+++ b/kotlin-analysis-api/src/test/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/test/KSPAATest.kt
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ class KSPAATest : AbstractKSPAATest() {
         runTest("../test-utils/testData/api/annotationWithArbitraryClassValue.kt")
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("annotationWithNestedClassValue.kt")
+    @Test
+    fun testAnnotationWithNestedClassValue() {
+        runTest("../test-utils/testData/api/annotationWithNestedClassValue.kt")
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("defaultKClassValue.kt")
     @Test
     fun testAnnotationValue_defaultKClassValue() {
diff --git a/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/processor/AnnotationNestedClassValueProcessor.kt b/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/processor/AnnotationNestedClassValueProcessor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b60102c3b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/processor/AnnotationNestedClassValueProcessor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.devtools.ksp.processor
+
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.KspExperimental
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.getAnnotationsByType
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.processing.Resolver
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.symbol.KSAnnotated
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
+
+@KspExperimental
+class AnnotationNestedClassValueProcessor : AbstractTestProcessor() {
+    val result = mutableListOf<String>()
+
+    override fun toResult(): List<String> {
+        return result
+    }
+
+    override fun process(resolver: Resolver): List<KSAnnotated> {
+        val symbols = resolver.getSymbolsWithAnnotation(
+            "com.google.devtools.ksp.processor.NestedClassValueAnnotation"
+        )
+        symbols.flatMap {
+            it.getAnnotationsByType(NestedClassValueAnnotation::class)
+        }.forEach {
+            logAnnotationValues(it)
+        }
+        return emptyList()
+    }
+
+    private fun logAnnotationValues(classValueAnnotation: NestedClassValueAnnotation) {
+        result.add(classValueAnnotation.classValue.simpleName!!)
+        result.add(classValueAnnotation.classValues.joinToString { it.simpleName!! })
+    }
+}
+
+annotation class NestedClassValueAnnotation(
+    val classValue: KClass<*>,
+    val classValues: Array<KClass<*>>
+)
diff --git a/test-utils/testData/api/annotationWithNestedClassValue.kt b/test-utils/testData/api/annotationWithNestedClassValue.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bc025dd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-utils/testData/api/annotationWithNestedClassValue.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+// TEST PROCESSOR: AnnotationNestedClassValueProcessor
+// EXPECTED:
+// Entry
+// Entry
+// END
+// FILE: a.kt
+package com.google.devtools.ksp.processor
+
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
+
+annotation class NestedClassValueAnnotation(
+    val classValue: KClass<*>,
+    val classValues: Array<KClass<*>>
+)
+
+@NestedClassValueAnnotation(
+    classValue = java.util.Map.Entry::class,
+    classValues = [java.util.Map.Entry::class]
+)
+class ClassValueAnnotated