diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/annotation/SubstrateAnnotationExtracter.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/annotation/SubstrateAnnotationExtracter.java
index 374698fc8046..cab62a784700 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/annotation/SubstrateAnnotationExtracter.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/annotation/SubstrateAnnotationExtracter.java
@@ -107,22 +107,56 @@ public class SubstrateAnnotationExtracter implements AnnotationExtracter {
     private static final Method hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror;
     private static final Method hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod;
     private static final Method hotSpotJDKReflectionGetField;
+    private static final boolean isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable;
+    private static final Method hotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImplMirror;
+    private static final Method hotSpotResolvedPrimitiveTypeMirror;
+    private static final Method hotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImplToJava;
+    private static final Method hotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImplToJava;
 
     static {
+        recordComponentClass = ReflectionUtil.lookupClass(true, "java.lang.reflect.RecordComponent");
+        recordComponentAnnotations = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupField(recordComponentClass, "annotations") : null;
+        recordComponentTypeAnnotations = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupField(recordComponentClass, "typeAnnotations") : null;
+        recordComponentGetDeclaringRecord = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(recordComponentClass, "getDeclaringRecord") : null;
+
+        Object temporaryHotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection = null;
+        Method temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror = null;
+        Method temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod = null;
+        Method temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetField = null;
+        boolean temporaryIsHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable = true;
+
         try {
-            recordComponentClass = ReflectionUtil.lookupClass(true, "java.lang.reflect.RecordComponent");
-            recordComponentAnnotations = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupField(recordComponentClass, "annotations") : null;
-            recordComponentTypeAnnotations = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupField(recordComponentClass, "typeAnnotations") : null;
-            recordComponentGetDeclaringRecord = recordComponentClass != null ? ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(recordComponentClass, "getDeclaringRecord") : null;
             Object hotSpotJVMCIRuntime = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.class, "runtime").invoke(null);
-            hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.class, "getReflection").invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntime);
-            hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getMirror", HotSpotResolvedJavaType.class);
-            hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getMethod",
+            temporaryHotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.class, "getReflection").invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntime);
+            temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getMirror", HotSpotResolvedJavaType.class);
+            temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getMethod",
                             Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImpl"));
-            hotSpotJDKReflectionGetField = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getField",
+            temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetField = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJDKReflection"), "getField",
                             Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImpl"));
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
-            throw GraalError.shouldNotReachHere(e);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | ReflectionUtil.ReflectionUtilError ex) {
+            temporaryIsHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable = false;
+        }
+
+        isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable = temporaryIsHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable;
+        hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection = temporaryHotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection;
+        hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror = temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror;
+        hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod = temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod;
+        hotSpotJDKReflectionGetField = temporaryHotSpotJDKReflectionGetField;
+
+        if (isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable) {
+            hotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImplMirror = null;
+            hotSpotResolvedPrimitiveTypeMirror = null;
+            hotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImplToJava = null;
+            hotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImplToJava = null;
+        } else {
+            try {
+                hotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImplMirror = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImpl"), "mirror");
+                hotSpotResolvedPrimitiveTypeMirror = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedPrimitiveType"), "mirror");
+                hotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImplToJava = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImpl"), "toJava");
+                hotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImplToJava = ReflectionUtil.lookupMethod(Class.forName("jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImpl"), "toJava");
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                throw GraalError.shouldNotReachHere(e);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -380,14 +414,29 @@ private static AnnotatedElement getRoot(AnnotatedElement element) {
             if (element instanceof Package) {
                 return (Class<?>) packageGetPackageInfo.invoke(element);
             } else if (element instanceof HotSpotResolvedObjectType || element instanceof HotSpotResolvedJavaType) {
-                return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                if (isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable) {
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMirror.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                } else {
+                    if (element instanceof HotSpotResolvedObjectType) {
+                        return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotResolvedObjectTypeImplMirror.invoke(element);
+                    }
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotResolvedPrimitiveTypeMirror.invoke(element);
+                }
             } else if (element instanceof HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod) {
                 if (((ResolvedJavaMethod) element).isClassInitializer()) {
                     return null;
                 }
-                return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                if (isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable) {
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetMethod.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                } else {
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotResolvedJavaMethodImplToJava.invoke(element);
+                }
             } else if (element instanceof HotSpotResolvedJavaField) {
-                return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetField.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                if (isHotSpotJDKReflectionAvailable) {
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotJDKReflectionGetField.invoke(hotSpotJVMCIRuntimeReflection, element);
+                } else {
+                    return (AnnotatedElement) hotSpotResolvedJavaFieldImplToJava.invoke(element);
+                }
             } else if (element instanceof AnnotationWrapper) {
                 return getRoot(((AnnotationWrapper) element).getAnnotationRoot());
             }