diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e25a4039..b7832a32e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * Constructors for `Matrix{T}`, `Array{T}`, and `SparseMatrixCSC{T}` from `UniformScaling` ([#24372], [#24657])
 
+* `finalizer` accepts the finalizer to run as the first argument and the object to be finalized
+  as the second ([#24605])
+
 ## Renaming
 
 
@@ -361,4 +364,5 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#24282]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24282
 [#24372]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24372
 [#24459]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24459
+[#24605]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24605
 [#24657]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/24657
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 5b705565c..eb1915d25 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -793,6 +793,14 @@ if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2543"
     (::Type{Array{T}}){T}(s::UniformScaling, m::Integer, n::Integer) = Matrix{T}(s, m, n)
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2562"
+    import Base: finalizer
+    finalizer(f::Function, o) = finalizer(o, f)
+    finalizer(f::Ptr{Void}, o) = finalizer(o, f)
+    finalizer(f::Ptr{Void}, o::Ptr{Void}) = invoke(finalizer, Tuple{Ptr{Void}, Any}, f, o)
+    finalizer(f::Ptr{Void}, o::Function) = invoke(finalizer, Tuple{Ptr{Void}, Any}, f, o)
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 2483558e5..8ec75a20c 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -895,6 +895,17 @@ let a = [1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1]
     @test SparseMatrixCSC{Complex128,Int8}(I, 3, 2)::SparseMatrixCSC{Complex128,Int8} == a[:,1:2]
 end
 
+# 0.7
+let A = [1]
+    local x = 0
+    finalizer(a->(x+=1), A)
+    finalize(A)
+    @test x == 1
+    A = 0
+    gc(); gc()
+    @test x == 1
+end
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end