diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
index c1d9496ab292..0b73809e9d4e 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
     ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(afterProximity, PreferMostUsedWeigher.create(position));
     afterProximity.add(new PreferContainingSameWords(expectedTypes));
     afterProximity.add(new PreferShorter(expectedTypes));
+    afterProximity.add(new DispreferTechnicalOverloads(position));
 
     CompletionSorter sorter = CompletionSorter.defaultSorter(parameters, result.getPrefixMatcher());
     if (!smart && afterNew) {
@@ -608,6 +609,42 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sometimes there's core vararg method and a couple of overloads of fixed arity to avoid runtime invocation costs of varargs.
+   * We prefer the vararg method then.
+   */
+  private static class DispreferTechnicalOverloads extends LookupElementWeigher {
+    private final PsiElement myPlace;
+
+    DispreferTechnicalOverloads(PsiElement place) {
+      super("technicalOverloads");
+      myPlace = place;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public Comparable weigh(@NotNull LookupElement element) {
+      Object object = element.getObject();
+      if (object instanceof PsiMethod && element.getUserData(JavaCompletionUtil.FORCE_SHOW_SIGNATURE_ATTR) == null) {
+        PsiMethod method = (PsiMethod)object;
+        PsiClass containingClass = method.getContainingClass();
+        if (!method.isVarArgs() &&
+            containingClass != null &&
+            ContainerUtil.exists(containingClass.findMethodsByName(method.getName(), false), m -> isPurelyVarargOverload(method, m))) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isPurelyVarargOverload(PsiMethod original, PsiMethod candidate) {
+      return candidate.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC) == original.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC) &&
+             candidate.isVarArgs() &&
+             candidate.getParameterList().getParametersCount() == 1 &&
+             PsiResolveHelper.SERVICE.getInstance(candidate.getProject()).isAccessible(candidate, myPlace, null);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class LiftShorterClasses extends ClassifierFactory<LookupElement> {
     final ProjectFileIndex fileIndex;
     private final PsiElement myPosition;
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6ab7b3e9047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class C {
+  void method() {}
+  void method(String s) {}
+  void method(String... s) {}
+  void method1(String... s) {}
+
+  {
+    me<caret>
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads_after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads_after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5627c0db3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normal/PutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads_after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class C {
+  void method() {}
+  void method(String s) {}
+  void method(String... s) {}
+  void method1(String... s) {}
+
+  {
+    method(<caret>);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionTest.groovy b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionTest.groovy
index d07ac5245f4a..fffd63b9d354 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionTest.groovy
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionTest.groovy
@@ -1892,4 +1892,6 @@ class Abc {
 
   void testNoSuggestionsAfterEnumConstant() { doAntiTest() }
 
+  void testPutCaretInsideParensInFixedPlusVarargOverloads() { doTest('\n') }
+
 }