diff --git a/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Any.enso b/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Any.enso
index 6c067ab49328..1b88baa07f34 100644
--- a/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Any.enso
+++ b/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Any.enso
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ type Any
     == self that =
         # If there is No_Such_Conversion, then `self` and `that` are probably
         # host or polyglot values, so we just compare them with the default comparator.
-        eq_self = Panic.catch No_Such_Conversion (Comparable.from self) _-> Default_Comparator
-        eq_that = Panic.catch No_Such_Conversion (Comparable.from that) _-> Default_Comparator
+        eq_self = Comparable.from self
+        eq_that = Comparable.from that
         similar_type = Meta.is_same_object eq_self eq_that
         case similar_type of
             False -> False
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/InvokeConversionNode.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/InvokeConversionNode.java
index 870dad08a70a..6af3ce73ee8d 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/InvokeConversionNode.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/InvokeConversionNode.java
@@ -343,10 +343,18 @@ Object doFallback(
       Object that,
       Object[] arguments,
       @CachedLibrary(limit = "10") TypesLibrary methods,
-      @CachedLibrary(limit = "10") InteropLibrary interop) {
-    throw new PanicException(
-        EnsoContext.get(this).getBuiltins().error().makeNoSuchConversion(self, that, conversion),
-        this);
+      @CachedLibrary(limit = "10") InteropLibrary interop,
+      @Cached ConversionResolverNode conversionResolverNode) {
+    var ctx = EnsoContext.get(this);
+    var function =
+        conversionResolverNode.execute(
+            extractConstructor(self), ctx.getBuiltins().any(), conversion);
+    if (function == null) {
+      throw new PanicException(
+          ctx.getBuiltins().error().makeNoSuchConversion(self, that, conversion), this);
+    } else {
+      return invokeFunctionNode.execute(function, frame, state, arguments);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/resolver/ConversionResolverNode.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/resolver/ConversionResolverNode.java
index ca3c578cf303..5f15af18cc37 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/resolver/ConversionResolverNode.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/callable/resolver/ConversionResolverNode.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Function resolveCached(
   @Specialization(replaces = "resolveCached")
   @CompilerDirectives.TruffleBoundary
   Function resolveUncached(Type target, Type self, UnresolvedConversion conversion) {
-    return conversion.resolveFor(target, self);
+    var ctx = EnsoContext.get(this);
+    return conversion.resolveFor(ctx, target, self);
   }
 }
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/UnresolvedConversion.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/UnresolvedConversion.java
index 3c7c1bfefcb9..66212c1dbe7d 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/UnresolvedConversion.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/UnresolvedConversion.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public ModuleScope getScope() {
    *
    * @return the resolved function definition, or null if not found
    */
-  public Function resolveFor(Type into, Type from) {
+  public Function resolveFor(EnsoContext ctx, Type into, Type from) {
     Type current = from;
     while (current != null) {
       Function candidate = scope.lookupConversionDefinition(current, into);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public Function resolveFor(Type into, Type from) {
         current = current.getSupertype();
       }
     }
-    return null;
+    return scope.lookupConversionDefinition(ctx.getBuiltins().any(), into);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/test/Tests/src/Semantic/Conversion_Spec.enso b/test/Tests/src/Semantic/Conversion_Spec.enso
index 39327fc7a3ba..885032c1d760 100644
--- a/test/Tests/src/Semantic/Conversion_Spec.enso
+++ b/test/Tests/src/Semantic/Conversion_Spec.enso
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ from Standard.Base import all
 import project.Semantic.Conversion.Methods
 import project.Semantic.Conversion.Types
 
-from Standard.Test import Test
+from Standard.Test import Test, Test_Suite
 import Standard.Test.Extensions
 
+polyglot java import java.lang.Object
+
 type Foo
     Value foo
 type Bar
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ spec =
             Not_Foo.from 4 . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
             Not_Foo.from (e -> e) . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
             Not_Foo.from [1,2,3].to_array . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
+            Not_Foo.from [1,2,3] . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
+        Test.specify "apply Any conversion to foreign object" <|
+            Not_Foo.from Object.new . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
+        Test.specify "apply Any conversion to type" <|
+            Not_Foo.from Boolean . notfoo . should_equal "ANY!!!"
         Test.specify "should call intrinsic object conversions for unimported constructors" <|
             Vector.from Methods.get_foo . should_equal ["foo"]
         Test.specify "should call extension conversions" <|
@@ -104,3 +111,5 @@ spec =
 
             meta_from.rename "foo" 123 . should_equal "foo called"
             meta_from.rename "foo" . should_equal .foo
+
+main = Test_Suite.run_main spec