diff --git a/runtime/lib/double.dart b/runtime/lib/double.dart
index ea7c1cf1ac2..87d80464f82 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/double.dart
+++ b/runtime/lib/double.dart
@@ -46,17 +46,14 @@ class _Double extends _Num implements double {
     return _remainder(other.toDouble());
   }
   double _remainder(double other) native "Double_remainder";
-  double operator -() {
-    // Handles properly 0.0, NAN, and other doubles.
-    return this._flipSignBit;
-  }
-  double get _flipSignBit native "Double_flipSignBit";
+
+  double operator -() native "Double_flipSignBit";
 
   bool operator ==(other) {
     if (!(other is num)) return false;
     return _equal(other.toDouble());
   }
-  bool _equal(double other)native "Double_equal";
+  bool _equal(double other) native "Double_equal";
   bool _equalToInteger(int other) native "Double_equalToInteger";
   bool operator <(num other) {
     return other > this;
diff --git a/runtime/vm/intrinsifier.cc b/runtime/vm/intrinsifier.cc
index aa5ba86cb22..c3356b3a194 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/intrinsifier.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/intrinsifier.cc
@@ -868,4 +868,23 @@ bool Intrinsifier::Build_GrowableArraySetLength(FlowGraph* flow_graph) {
   return true;
 }
 
+
+bool Intrinsifier::Build_DoubleFlipSignBit(FlowGraph* flow_graph) {
+  GraphEntryInstr* graph_entry = flow_graph->graph_entry();
+  TargetEntryInstr* normal_entry = graph_entry->normal_entry();
+  BlockBuilder builder(flow_graph, normal_entry);
+
+  Definition* receiver = builder.AddParameter(1);
+  Definition* unboxed_value =
+      builder.AddUnboxInstr(kUnboxedDouble, new Value(receiver));
+  Definition* unboxed_result = builder.AddDefinition(
+      new UnaryDoubleOpInstr(Token::kNEGATE,
+                             new Value(unboxed_value),
+                             Thread::kNoDeoptId));
+  Definition* result = builder.AddDefinition(
+      BoxInstr::Create(kUnboxedDouble, new Value(unboxed_result)));
+  builder.AddIntrinsicReturn(new Value(result));
+  return true;
+}
+
 }  // namespace dart
diff --git a/runtime/vm/method_recognizer.h b/runtime/vm/method_recognizer.h
index 18c3e3d7d98..02e9dae948b 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/method_recognizer.h
+++ b/runtime/vm/method_recognizer.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ namespace dart {
   V(_GrowableList, [], GrowableArrayGetIndexed, 1962926024)                    \
   V(_GrowableList, []=, GrowableArraySetIndexed, 457344024)                    \
   V(_StringBase, get:length, StringBaseLength, 784518792)                      \
+  V(_Double, unary-, DoubleFlipSignBit, 2107492213)
 
 #define GRAPH_INTRINSICS_LIST(V)                                               \
   GRAPH_CORE_INTRINSICS_LIST(V)                                                \