diff --git a/host/chez/compile-eval.ss b/host/chez/compile-eval.ss
index ad3eb4a..38111f8 100644
--- a/host/chez/compile-eval.ss
+++ b/host/chez/compile-eval.ss
@@ -27,9 +27,24 @@
 ;; {:line :column :file?} position map (jolt.host/form-position's shape).
 ;; Top-level granularity — one set per top-level form, nothing per call.
 (define jolt-current-source (make-thread-parameter #f))
+
+;; clojure.lang.Compiler/LINE and /COLUMN — derefable cells (Vars on the JVM)
+;; holding the line/column of the form being compiled. Macros read @Compiler/LINE
+;; as a fallback when &form carries no position (jolt's reader stamps :line on list
+;; forms, so this is rarely hit). Updated per top-level form, like *current-source*.
+(define compiler-line-cell (jolt-atom-new 0))
+(define compiler-column-cell (jolt-atom-new 0))
+(let ((members (list (cons "LINE" compiler-line-cell) (cons "COLUMN" compiler-column-cell))))
+  (register-class-statics! "Compiler" members)
+  (register-class-statics! "clojure.lang.Compiler" members))
+
 (define (jolt-enter-form! form)
   (let ((p (hc-form-position form)))
-    (when (pmap? p) (jolt-current-source p))))
+    (when (pmap? p)
+      (jolt-current-source p)
+      (let ((line (jolt-get p hc-kw-line jolt-nil)) (col (jolt-get p hc-kw-column jolt-nil)))
+        (jolt-atom-val-set! compiler-line-cell (if (jolt-nil? line) 0 line))
+        (jolt-atom-val-set! compiler-column-cell (if (jolt-nil? col) 0 col))))))
 
 ;; "file:line:col" / "line:col" for the current form, or #f when none is set.
 (define (jolt-current-source-string)
diff --git a/host/chez/java/records-interop.ss b/host/chez/java/records-interop.ss
index 356ec28..8b17636 100644
--- a/host/chez/java/records-interop.ss
+++ b/host/chez/java/records-interop.ss
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@
     (let ((k (chez-condition-exc-class val)))
       (if k (if (exception-isa? k (last-dot (symbol-t-name type-sym))) #t #f) 'pass))))
 
+;; Object / java.lang.Object is the root of the type hierarchy: every non-nil
+;; value is an instance of Object; nil is not an instance of anything.
+(register-instance-check-arm!
+  (lambda (type-sym val)
+    (let ((tn (symbol-t-name type-sym)))
+      (if (or (string=? tn "Object") (string=? tn "java.lang.Object"))
+          (not (jolt-nil? val))
+          'pass))))
+
 (define (instance-check-base type-sym val)
   (let ((tname (symbol-t-name type-sym)))
     (cond
diff --git a/test/chez/corpus.edn b/test/chez/corpus.edn
index 93fa003..e6fa363 100644
--- a/test/chez/corpus.edn
+++ b/test/chez/corpus.edn
@@ -3353,4 +3353,8 @@
   {:suite "clojure.core / range" :label "(range 5 5) is the empty seq ()" :expected "true" :actual "(= () (range 5 5))"}
   {:suite "clojure.core / range" :label "empty range is not nil" :expected "true" :actual "(some? (range 5 0))"}
   {:suite "clojure.core / range" :label "empty range count" :expected "0" :actual "(count (range 0))"}
+  {:suite "host-interop / instance? Object" :label "every non-nil value is an Object" :expected "[true true true true]" :actual "[(instance? Object 1) (instance? Object \"x\") (instance? Object []) (instance? Object (fn []))]"}
+  {:suite "host-interop / instance? Object" :label "nil is not an instance of Object" :expected "false" :actual "(instance? Object nil)"}
+  {:suite "host-interop / instance? Object" :label "java.lang.Object too" :expected "true" :actual "(instance? java.lang.Object :k)"}
+  {:suite "host-interop / Compiler" :label "@Compiler/LINE is a number" :expected "true" :actual "(number? @clojure.lang.Compiler/LINE)"}
 ]