diff --git a/llvm_runtime.cpp b/llvm_runtime.cpp
index 36a12b86dd..e70240484b 100644
--- a/llvm_runtime.cpp
+++ b/llvm_runtime.cpp
@@ -165,4 +165,9 @@ void __qmljs_llvm_call_activation_property(Context *context, Value *result, Stri
     __qmljs_call_activation_property(context, result, name, args, argc);
 }
 
+void __qmljs_llvm_construct_activation_property(Context *context, Value *result, String *name, Value *args, int argc)
+{
+    __qmljs_construct_activation_property(context, result, name, args, argc);
+}
+
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/qv4isel_llvm.cpp b/qv4isel_llvm.cpp
index f406862da3..f193979ea8 100644
--- a/qv4isel_llvm.cpp
+++ b/qv4isel_llvm.cpp
@@ -414,8 +414,45 @@ void LLVMInstructionSelection::visitCall(IR::Call *e)
 
 void LLVMInstructionSelection::visitNew(IR::New *e)
 {
-    llvm::Value *base = getLLVMValue(e->base);
-    Q_UNIMPLEMENTED();
+    llvm::Value *func = 0;
+    llvm::Value *base = 0;
+    if (IR::Temp *t = e->base->asTemp()) {
+        base = getLLVMTemp(t);
+        func = _llvmModule->getFunction("__qmljs_llvm_construct_value");
+    } else if (IR::Name *n = e->base->asName()) {
+        if (n->id) {
+            llvm::Value *str = getStringPtr(*n->id);
+            base = CreateCall2(_llvmModule->getFunction("__qmljs_llvm_get_identifier"),
+                               _llvmFunction->arg_begin(), str);
+            func = _llvmModule->getFunction("__qmljs_llvm_construct_activation_property");
+        }
+    }
+
+    int argc = 0;
+    for (IR::ExprList *it = e->args; it; it = it->next) {
+        ++argc;
+    }
+
+    llvm::Value *args = 0;
+    if (argc)
+        args = newLLVMTemp(_valueTy, getInt32(argc));
+    else
+        args = llvm::Constant::getNullValue(_valueTy->getPointerTo());
+
+    int i = 0;
+    for (IR::ExprList *it = e->args; it; it = it->next) {
+        llvm::Value *arg = getLLVMValue(it->expr);
+        CreateStore(arg, CreateConstGEP1_32(args, i++));
+    }
+
+    if (func) {
+        llvm::Value *result = newLLVMTemp(_valueTy);
+        CreateStore(llvm::Constant::getNullValue(_valueTy), result);
+        CreateCall5(func, _llvmFunction->arg_begin(), result, base, args, getInt32(argc));
+        _llvmValue = CreateLoad(result);
+    } else {
+        Q_UNIMPLEMENTED();
+    }
 }
 
 void LLVMInstructionSelection::visitSubscript(IR::Subscript *)
diff --git a/tests/simple.js b/tests/simple.js
index e0a3984a3f..8a80bcb4d0 100644
--- a/tests/simple.js
+++ b/tests/simple.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ var b = 2
 var c = 10
 var d = 100
 
-for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i = i + 1) {
+var d1 = new Date
+for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i = i + 1) {
     if (a == 1)
         d = d + a + b * c
     else
         d = 321
 }
 
-print("the result is", d)
+print("the result is", d, "done in", new Date - d1)