diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/debug/internal/DebugProbesImpl.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/debug/internal/DebugProbesImpl.kt
index 73d731091d..f0fc50e658 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/debug/internal/DebugProbesImpl.kt
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/debug/internal/DebugProbesImpl.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package kotlinx.coroutines.debug.internal
 
 import kotlinx.atomicfu.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
-import kotlinx.coroutines.debug.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.internal.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.internal.ScopeCoroutine
 import java.io.*
@@ -163,6 +162,60 @@ internal object DebugProbesImpl {
                 }
         }
 
+    /*
+     * This method optimises the number of packages sent by the IDEA debugger
+     * to a client VM to speed up fetching of coroutine information.
+     *
+     * The return value is an array of objects, which consists of four elements:
+     * 1) A string in a JSON format that stores information that is needed to display
+     *    every coroutine in the coroutine panel in the IDEA debugger.
+     * 2) An array of last observed threads.
+     * 3) An array of last observed frames.
+     * 4) An array of DebugCoroutineInfo.
+     *
+     * ### Implementation note
+     * For methods like `dumpCoroutinesInfo` JDWP provides `com.sun.jdi.ObjectReference`
+     * that does a roundtrip to client VM for *each* field or property read.
+     * To avoid that, we serialize most of the critical for UI data into a primitives
+     * to save an exponential number of roundtrips.
+     *
+     * Internal (JVM-public) method used by IDEA debugger as of 1.6.0-RC.
+     */
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class)
+    public fun dumpCoroutinesInfoAsJsonAndReferences(): Array<Any> {
+        fun Any.toStringWithQuotes() = "\"$this\""
+        val coroutinesInfo = dumpCoroutinesInfo()
+        val size = coroutinesInfo.size
+        val lastObservedThreads = ArrayList<Thread?>(size)
+        val lastObservedFrames = ArrayList<CoroutineStackFrame?>(size)
+        val coroutinesInfoAsJson = ArrayList<String>(size)
+        for (info in coroutinesInfo) {
+            val context = info.context
+            val name = context[CoroutineName.Key]?.name?.toStringWithQuotes()
+            val dispatcher = context[CoroutineDispatcher.Key]?.toStringWithQuotes()
+            coroutinesInfoAsJson.add(
+                """
+                {
+                   "name": $name,
+                   "id": ${context[CoroutineId.Key]?.id},
+                   "dispatcher": $dispatcher,
+                   "sequenceNumber": ${info.sequenceNumber},
+                   "state": "${info.state}"
+                } 
+                """.trimIndent()
+            )
+            lastObservedFrames.add(info.lastObservedFrame)
+            lastObservedThreads.add(info.lastObservedThread)
+        }
+
+        return arrayOf(
+            "[${coroutinesInfoAsJson.joinToString()}]",
+            lastObservedThreads.toTypedArray(),
+            lastObservedFrames.toTypedArray(),
+            coroutinesInfo.toTypedArray()
+        )
+    }
+
     /*
      * Internal (JVM-public) method used by IDEA debugger as of 1.4-M3.
      */
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle
index 43d94d1841..4830670d24 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     shadowDeps "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:$byte_buddy_version"
     compileOnly "io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:$blockhound_version"
     testImplementation "io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:$blockhound_version"
+    testImplementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6"
     api "net.java.dev.jna:jna:$jna_version"
     api "net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:$jna_version"
 }
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/test/DumpCoroutineInfoAsJsonAndReferencesTest.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/test/DumpCoroutineInfoAsJsonAndReferencesTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4808470eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/test/DumpCoroutineInfoAsJsonAndReferencesTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ */
+@file:Suppress("INVISIBLE_MEMBER", "INVISIBLE_REFERENCE")
+package kotlinx.coroutines.debug
+
+import com.google.gson.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.debug.internal.*
+import org.junit.Test
+import kotlin.coroutines.*
+import kotlin.test.*
+
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+class DumpCoroutineInfoAsJsonAndReferencesTest : DebugTestBase() {
+    private data class CoroutineInfoFromJson(
+        val name: String?,
+        val id: Long?,
+        val dispatcher: String?,
+        val sequenceNumber: Long?,
+        val state: String?
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDumpOfUnnamedCoroutine() =
+        runTestWithNamedDeferred(name = null)
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDumpOfNamedCoroutine() =
+        runTestWithNamedDeferred("Name")
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDumpWithNoCoroutines() {
+        val dumpResult = DebugProbesImpl.dumpCoroutinesInfoAsJsonAndReferences()
+        assertEquals(dumpResult.size, 4)
+        assertIsEmptyArray(dumpResult[1])
+        assertIsEmptyArray(dumpResult[2])
+        assertIsEmptyArray(dumpResult[3])
+    }
+
+    private fun assertIsEmptyArray(obj: Any) =
+        assertTrue(obj is Array<*> && obj.isEmpty())
+
+    private fun runTestWithNamedDeferred(name: String?) = runTest {
+        val context = if (name == null) EmptyCoroutineContext else CoroutineName(name)
+        val deferred = async(context) {
+            suspendingMethod()
+            assertTrue(true)
+        }
+        yield()
+        verifyDump()
+        deferred.cancelAndJoin()
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun suspendingMethod() {
+        delay(Long.MAX_VALUE)
+    }
+
+    private fun verifyDump() {
+        val dumpResult = DebugProbesImpl.dumpCoroutinesInfoAsJsonAndReferences()
+
+        assertEquals(dumpResult.size, 4)
+
+        val coroutinesInfoAsJsonString = dumpResult[0]
+        val lastObservedThreads = dumpResult[1]
+        val lastObservedFrames = dumpResult[2]
+        val coroutinesInfo = dumpResult[3]
+
+        assertTrue(coroutinesInfoAsJsonString is String)
+        assertTrue(lastObservedThreads is Array<*>)
+        assertTrue(lastObservedFrames is Array<*>)
+        assertTrue(coroutinesInfo is Array<*>)
+
+        val coroutinesInfoFromJson = Gson().fromJson(coroutinesInfoAsJsonString, Array<CoroutineInfoFromJson>::class.java)
+
+        val size = coroutinesInfo.size
+        assertTrue(size != 0)
+        assertEquals(size, coroutinesInfoFromJson.size)
+        assertEquals(size, lastObservedFrames.size)
+        assertEquals(size, lastObservedThreads.size)
+
+        for (i in 0 until size) {
+            val info = coroutinesInfo[i]
+            val infoFromJson = coroutinesInfoFromJson[i]
+            assertTrue(info is DebugCoroutineInfo)
+            assertEquals(info.lastObservedThread, lastObservedThreads[i])
+            assertEquals(info.lastObservedFrame, lastObservedFrames[i])
+            assertEquals(info.sequenceNumber, infoFromJson.sequenceNumber)
+            assertEquals(info.state, infoFromJson.state)
+            val context = info.context
+            assertEquals(context[CoroutineName.Key]?.name, infoFromJson.name)
+            assertEquals(context[CoroutineId.Key]?.id, infoFromJson.id)
+            assertEquals(context[CoroutineDispatcher.Key]?.toString(), infoFromJson.dispatcher)
+        }
+    }
+}