diff --git a/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/Script.kt b/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/Script.kt
index 5a96712..2d571e9 100644
--- a/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/Script.kt
+++ b/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/Script.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import net.sergeych.lyng.miniast.*
 import net.sergeych.lyng.obj.*
 import net.sergeych.lyng.pacman.ImportManager
 import net.sergeych.lyng.stdlib_included.rootLyng
+import net.sergeych.lyng.bridge.LyngClassBridge
 import net.sergeych.lynon.ObjLynonClass
 import net.sergeych.mp_tools.globalDefer
 import kotlin.math.*
@@ -560,9 +561,12 @@ class Script(
 
         val defaultImportManager: ImportManager by lazy {
             ImportManager(rootScope, SecurityManager.allowAll).apply {
-                addTextPackages(
-                    rootLyng
-                )
+                addPackage("lyng.stdlib") { module ->
+                    module.eval(Source("lyng.stdlib", rootLyng))
+                    val cls = module["KotlinIterator"]?.value as? ObjClass
+                        ?: module.raiseSymbolNotFound("KotlinIterator")
+                    ObjKotlinIterator.bindTo(cls)
+                }
                 addPackage("lyng.buffer") {
                     it.addConstDoc(
                         name = "Buffer",
diff --git a/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/obj/ObjKotlinIterator.kt b/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/obj/ObjKotlinIterator.kt
index 0f606af..901c228 100644
--- a/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/obj/ObjKotlinIterator.kt
+++ b/lynglib/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/sergeych/lyng/obj/ObjKotlinIterator.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package net.sergeych.lyng.obj
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
 import net.sergeych.lyng.Scope
+import net.sergeych.lyng.bridge.LyngClassBridge
 
 /**
  * Iterator wrapper to allow Kotlin collections to be returned from Lyng objects;
@@ -32,9 +33,33 @@ class ObjKotlinIterator(val iterator: Iterator<Any?>) : Obj() {
     override val objClass get() = type
 
     companion object {
-        val type = ObjClass("KotlinIterator", ObjIterator).apply {
-            addFn("next") { thisAs<ObjKotlinIterator>().iterator.next().toObj() }
-            addFn("hasNext") { thisAs<ObjKotlinIterator>().iterator.hasNext().toObj() }
+        private var boundType: ObjClass? = null
+
+        val type: ObjClass
+            get() = boundType ?: error("KotlinIterator class is not bound; import lyng.stdlib first")
+
+        internal fun bindTo(cls: ObjClass) {
+            if (boundType != null) {
+                if (boundType === cls) return
+                return
+            }
+            boundType = cls
+            LyngClassBridge.bind(cls) {
+                addFun("next") { scope, self, _ ->
+                    when (self) {
+                        is ObjKotlinIterator -> self.iterator.next().toObj()
+                        is ObjKotlinObjIterator -> self.iterator.next()
+                        else -> scope.raiseClassCastError("Expected KotlinIterator, got ${self.objClass.className}")
+                    }
+                }
+                addFun("hasNext") { scope, self, _ ->
+                    when (self) {
+                        is ObjKotlinIterator -> self.iterator.hasNext().toObj()
+                        is ObjKotlinObjIterator -> self.iterator.hasNext().toObj()
+                        else -> scope.raiseClassCastError("Expected KotlinIterator, got ${self.objClass.className}")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
     }
@@ -49,14 +74,8 @@ class ObjKotlinObjIterator(val iterator: Iterator<Obj>) : Obj() {
     override val objClass get() = type
 
     companion object {
-        val type = ObjClass("KotlinIterator", ObjIterator).apply {
-            addFn("next") {
-                thisAs<ObjKotlinObjIterator>().iterator.next()
-            }
-            addFn("hasNext") {
-                thisAs<ObjKotlinObjIterator>().iterator.hasNext().toObj()
-            }
-        }
+        val type: ObjClass
+            get() = ObjKotlinIterator.type
 
     }
 }
@@ -75,4 +94,3 @@ fun Obj.toFlow(scope: Scope): Flow<Obj> = flow {
         emit(next.invoke(scope, iterator))
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/lynglib/stdlib/lyng/root.lyng b/lynglib/stdlib/lyng/root.lyng
index 13a8fe0..f44abcf 100644
--- a/lynglib/stdlib/lyng/root.lyng
+++ b/lynglib/stdlib/lyng/root.lyng
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ extern class Iterator<T> {
     fun toList(): List<T>
 }
 
+// Host-provided iterator wrapper for Kotlin collections.
+class KotlinIterator<T> : Iterator<T> {
+    extern override fun hasNext(): Bool
+    extern override fun next(): T
+}
+
 extern class Collection<T> : Iterable<T> {
 }