diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
index aa89d12cfa8..48bd0e05368 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/fasta/kernel/body_builder.dart
@@ -1477,6 +1477,7 @@ class BodyBuilder extends ScopeListener<JumpTarget> implements BuilderHelper {
 
   @override
   void handleFunctionType(Token functionToken, Token endToken) {
+    debugEvent("FunctionType");
     FormalParameters formals = pop();
     ignore(Unhandled.TypeVariables);
     DartType returnType = pop();
@@ -1590,9 +1591,9 @@ class BodyBuilder extends ScopeListener<JumpTarget> implements BuilderHelper {
       }
     }
     variable ??= astFactory.variableDeclaration(
-        name.name, name.token, functionNestingLevel,
+        name?.name, name?.token, functionNestingLevel,
         type: type,
-        initializer: name.initializer,
+        initializer: name?.initializer,
         isFinal: isFinal,
         isConst: isConst);
     push(variable);
@@ -1657,7 +1658,8 @@ class BodyBuilder extends ScopeListener<JumpTarget> implements BuilderHelper {
         optional,
         beginToken.charOffset);
     push(formals);
-    if (inCatchClause || functionNestingLevel != 0) {
+    if ((inCatchClause || functionNestingLevel != 0) &&
+        kind != MemberKind.GeneralizedFunctionType) {
       enterLocalScope(formals.computeFormalParameterScope(
           scope, member ?? classBuilder ?? library));
     }
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..706ac9e3512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import "package:expect/expect.dart" show Expect;
+
+test(f) {
+  if (f is void Function(Object, StackTrace)) return 1;
+  if (f is void Function(Object)) return 10;
+  if (f is void Function()) return 100;
+}
+
+main() {
+  Expect.equals(
+      111,
+      test(() => null) +
+          test((Object o) => null) +
+          test((Object o, StackTrace t) => null));
+}
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.direct.expect b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.direct.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47e328147ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.direct.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+library;
+import self as self;
+import "dart:core" as core;
+import "package:expect/expect.dart" as exp;
+
+static method test(dynamic f) → dynamic {
+  if(f is (core::Object, core::StackTrace) → void)
+    return 1;
+  if(f is (core::Object) → void)
+    return 10;
+  if(f is () → void)
+    return 100;
+}
+static method main() → dynamic {
+  exp::Expect::equals(111, self::test(() → dynamic => null).+(self::test((core::Object o) → dynamic => null)).+(self::test((core::Object o, core::StackTrace t) → dynamic => null)));
+}
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.outline.expect b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.outline.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9650b82be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.outline.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+library;
+import self as self;
+
+static method test(dynamic f) → dynamic
+  ;
+static method main() → dynamic
+  ;
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.strong.expect b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.strong.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47e328147ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/front_end/testcases/function_type_is_check.dart.strong.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+library;
+import self as self;
+import "dart:core" as core;
+import "package:expect/expect.dart" as exp;
+
+static method test(dynamic f) → dynamic {
+  if(f is (core::Object, core::StackTrace) → void)
+    return 1;
+  if(f is (core::Object) → void)
+    return 10;
+  if(f is () → void)
+    return 100;
+}
+static method main() → dynamic {
+  exp::Expect::equals(111, self::test(() → dynamic => null).+(self::test((core::Object o) → dynamic => null)).+(self::test((core::Object o, core::StackTrace t) → dynamic => null)));
+}
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/tool/fasta b/pkg/front_end/tool/fasta
index 45a5f3d1b0b..4d269f33f9f 100755
--- a/pkg/front_end/tool/fasta
+++ b/pkg/front_end/tool/fasta
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ function stop {
   exit 1
 }
 
+DART_CONFIGURATION=${DART_CONFIGURATION:-ReleaseX64}
+
 case "${1//_/-}" in
   abcompile) SCRIPT="${TOOL_DIR}/abcompile.dart";;
   analyzer-compile) SCRIPT="${TOOL_DIR}/analyzer_compile.dart";;
@@ -49,7 +51,11 @@ case "${1//_/-}" in
     ;;
   kernel-service)
     shift
+    PATCHED_SDK_DIR=$(
+      ls -d {xcodebuild,out}/${DART_CONFIGURATION}/patched_sdk 2>/dev/null \
+        | head -1)
     exec "${DART_VM}" -c -DDFE_VERBOSE=true \
+         --platform=${PATCHED_SDK_DIR}/platform.dill \
          --dfe="${REPO_DIR}/utils/kernel-service/kernel-service.dart" "$@"
     ;;
   testing)
@@ -64,4 +70,4 @@ esac
 
 shift
 
-DART_CONFIGURATION=${DART_CONFIGURATION:-ReleaseX64} exec "${DART_VM}" -c "${SCRIPT}" "$@"
+exec "${DART_VM}" -c "${SCRIPT}" "$@"