diff --git a/host/chez/emit.janet b/host/chez/emit.janet
index f0e37ea..7c56fb3 100644
--- a/host/chez/emit.janet
+++ b/host/chez/emit.janet
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@
 (defn- stdlib-var? [n]
   (and (= :var (get n :op)) (string/has-prefix? "clojure." (or (get n :ns) ""))))
 
+# Host interop methods with a Chez RT shim (rt.ss jolt-host-call). A `.method`
+# call on any other method is out of subset until shimmed — keep this in sync.
+(def- supported-host-methods {"write" true "isDirectory" true "listFiles" true})
+
 # jolt's comparison ops are vacuously true at arity 1 and DON'T inspect the arg
 # (so (< :kw) is true), but Scheme's < demands a number even there — special-case.
 (def- cmp1-ops {"<" true ">" true "<=" true ">=" true})
@@ -365,6 +369,18 @@
     :throw (string "(jolt-throw " (emit (get node :expr)) ")")
     :try   (emit-try node)
     :quote (emit-quoted (get node :form))
+    # host interop (jolt-0kf5): (.method target arg*) -> (jolt-host-call "method"
+    # target arg*). Only the methods the RT dispatcher (rt.ss) actually shims are
+    # IN the subset; any other method is out of subset (a clean emit-time reject,
+    # like an unimplemented stdlib fn), so it doesn't masquerade as a compiled-but-
+    # broken divergence. The Janet back end punts ALL :host-call to the interpreter.
+    :host-call (let [m (get node :method)]
+                 (unless (get supported-host-methods m)
+                   (errorf "emit: unsupported host method `.%s` (no Chez shim yet)" m))
+                 (let [target (emit (get node :target))
+                       args (map emit (vv (get node :args)))]
+                   (string "(jolt-host-call " (string/format "%j" m) " "
+                           target (if (empty? args) "" (string " " (string/join args " "))) ")")))
     :fn    (emit-fn node)
     # (def name) with no init (declare): reserve the var cell (declare-var!
     # doesn't clobber an existing root) so a forward reference resolves.
diff --git a/host/chez/rt.ss b/host/chez/rt.ss
index a54f889..d356961 100644
--- a/host/chez/rt.ss
+++ b/host/chez/rt.ss
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@
                  jolt-kw-data data
                  jolt-kw-cause (if (null? more) jolt-nil (car more))))
 
+;; --- host interop (jolt-0kf5) ------------------------------------------------
+;; (.method target arg*) lowers to (jolt-host-call "method" target arg*). JVM
+;; interop has no general Chez analog, but the few methods jolt-core's io tier
+;; calls map onto Chez equivalents: a writer's .write is a port display; a File's
+;; .isDirectory / .listFiles work over a path string (Chez has no File type, so
+;; file-seq's File branch is unreachable here — these keep the forms honest). An
+;; unsupported method raises rather than silently returning nil.
+(define (jolt-host-call method target . args)
+  (cond
+    ((string=? method "write") (display (car args) target) jolt-nil)
+    ((string=? method "isDirectory") (if (file-directory? target) #t #f))
+    ((string=? method "listFiles") (list->cseq (directory-list target)))
+    (else (error 'jolt-host-call (string-append "unsupported host method: ." method)))))
+
 ;; --- var cells: late-bound global roots (Clojure vars) -----------------------
 ;; A var is a mutable cell keyed by "ns/name". A `:def` sets the root; a `:var`
 ;; reference reads it at use time (late binding), so a forward/mutually-recursive
diff --git a/jolt-core/jolt/analyzer.clj b/jolt-core/jolt/analyzer.clj
index 37d87c1..7e1660d 100644
--- a/jolt-core/jolt/analyzer.clj
+++ b/jolt-core/jolt/analyzer.clj
@@ -276,6 +276,23 @@
               (uncompilable (str "var of non-var " (form-sym-name sym)))))
     (uncompilable (str "special form " op))))
 
+;; Host interop method call (jolt-0kf5). `(.method target arg*)` — a head that
+;; starts with "." but not ".-" (field access stays punted). Analyzes to a
+;; :host-call node; the Janet back end punts it at emit (no interop model -> the
+;; interpreter runs it), the Chez back end lowers it to a jolt-host-call dispatch.
+(defn- method-head? [nm]
+  (and (> (count nm) 1)
+       (= "." (subs nm 0 1))
+       (not (= "-" (subs nm 1 2)))))
+
+(defn- analyze-host-call [ctx hname items env]
+  (when (< (count items) 2)
+    (throw (str "Malformed member expression, expecting (.method target ...): " hname)))
+  {:op :host-call
+   :method (subs hname 1)
+   :target (analyze ctx (nth items 1) env)
+   :args (mapv #(analyze ctx % env) (drop 2 items))})
+
 (defn- analyze-symbol [ctx form env]
   (let [nm (form-sym-name form) ns (form-sym-ns form)]
     (cond
@@ -311,6 +328,8 @@
         (cond
           (and hname (not shadowed) (contains? handled hname))
             (analyze-special ctx hname items env)
+          (and hname (not shadowed) (method-head? hname))
+            (analyze-host-call ctx hname items env)
           (and hname (not shadowed) (form-special? hname))
             (uncompilable (str "special form " hname))
           (and (form-sym? head) (not shadowed) (form-macro? ctx head))
diff --git a/jolt-core/jolt/ir.clj b/jolt-core/jolt/ir.clj
index 0ba5cb3..dfa8f46 100644
--- a/jolt-core/jolt/ir.clj
+++ b/jolt-core/jolt/ir.clj
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
       (= op :fn)     (assoc node :arities (mapv (fn [a] (assoc a :body (f (get a :body))))
                                                 (get node :arities)))
       (= op :def)    (assoc node :init (f (get node :init)))
+      (= op :host-call) (assoc node :target (f (get node :target))
+                                    :args (mapv f (get node :args)))
       ;; :catch-body / :finally are optional; recurse them only when PRESENT.
       ;; Assoc'ing them nil-when-absent would turn the node into a phm (jolt's
       ;; nil-valued-key representation) and force backend densification — so we
diff --git a/src/jolt/backend.janet b/src/jolt/backend.janet
index cf97407..e699845 100644
--- a/src/jolt/backend.janet
+++ b/src/jolt/backend.janet
@@ -777,6 +777,10 @@
       :map (emit-map ctx node)
       :set (emit-set ctx node)
       :quote ['quote (node :form)]
+      # host interop (.method target ...): the back end doesn't model interop —
+      # punt to the interpreter, exactly as the analyzer used to before producing
+      # a :host-call node (the Chez back end lowers it instead).
+      :host-call (error "jolt/uncompilable: host method call")
       (error (string "backend: unhandled op " (node :op))))))
 
 (defn emit-ir
diff --git a/test/chez/README.md b/test/chez/README.md
index 7d77b89..8c5fb5e 100644
--- a/test/chez/README.md
+++ b/test/chez/README.md
@@ -72,16 +72,19 @@ catalogs the gaps; macros are skipped (analyze-time only, not a runtime value):
 
     JOLT_CHEZ_PRELUDE=1 janet test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
 
-Baseline after inc 3f (quoted literals): **342/355 non-macro core forms emit** to
-Scheme (was 334 at inc 3e, 303 at inc 3d). A `:quote` node reconstructs the raw
-reader form as RT constructor calls — symbol → `jolt-symbol`, list → `jolt-list`,
-vector → `jolt-vector`, map/set → `jolt-hash-map`/`jolt-hash-set`, scalars via
-`emit-const`. Prior: `:throw` → `jolt-throw` (Scheme `raise` of the raw jolt
-value); `:try` → `guard` (catch, class dropped → catch-all) + `dynamic-wind`
-(finally); `ex-info` native-op building the tagged jolt map, so the tier
-ex-data/ex-message/ex-cause read it over `get` for free. Remaining 13 gaps: Java
-host interop `.write`/`.isDirectory` (6, io tier), `letfn` (4), `declare`/
-def-no-init (2), one edge (`parse-uuid`). The probe has a regression floor.
+Baseline after inc 3h (host-interop method calls): **354/355 non-macro core forms
+emit** to Scheme (was 348 at inc 3g, 342 at inc 3f). A `.method` call now analyzes
+to a `:host-call` IR node; the Chez emitter lowers it to a `jolt-host-call`
+dispatch for the methods the RT shims — `.write` → port `display`, `.isDirectory`
+→ `file-directory?`, `.listFiles` → `directory-list` — closing the io tier's
+print-method defmethods and `file-seq` (now 20/20). Any other method is out of
+subset (a clean emit-time reject, so it can't masquerade as a compiled-but-broken
+divergence); the Janet back end punts ALL `:host-call` to the interpreter. Prior
+incs: `:quote` reconstructs the raw reader form as RT constructors; `:throw` →
+`jolt-throw`, `:try` → `guard` + `dynamic-wind`, `ex-info` native-op; `letfn` →
+`letrec*`; `declare`/def-no-init → a reserved var cell. Remaining 1 gap: the regex
+literal in `parse-uuid` (needs a regex engine on Chez — see jolt issue). The probe
+has a regression floor (354).
 
 Prior, inc 3b (seq tier + dynamic IFn, jolt-5pso): 595/595 compiled, 0 divergences,
 2060/2655 out of subset. The seq tier brought up a list/lazy-seq type with
diff --git a/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet b/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
index 914a98a..ae3f986 100644
--- a/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
+++ b/test/chez/core-prelude-probe.janet
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 # Regression floor (raise it as new IR ops / RT shims land, like the suite
 # baseline). Fails if prelude emit reach drops below the recorded baseline.
-(def reach-floor 348)
+(def reach-floor 354)
 (when (< compiled reach-floor)
   (printf "REGRESSION: prelude emit reach %d < floor %d" compiled reach-floor)
   (os/exit 1))
diff --git a/test/chez/emit-test.janet b/test/chez/emit-test.janet
index 0312788..4d87830 100644
--- a/test/chez/emit-test.janet
+++ b/test/chez/emit-test.janet
@@ -281,6 +281,25 @@
     (ok (string "letfn/declare: " src) (and (= code 0) (= out want))
         (string "chez=" out " janet=" want " | " err))))
 
+# 3l) host interop method calls (inc 3h). (.method target arg*) analyzes to a
+#   :host-call IR node and lowers to a jolt-host-call dispatch. The Janet back end
+#   PUNTS these (no interop model -> interpreter); the Chez RT shims the methods
+#   jolt-core's io tier uses: .write -> display to a port, .isDirectory ->
+#   file-directory?, .listFiles -> directory-list. Interop has no portable oracle
+#   (the Janet host models it differently), so these are emit-shape checks plus one
+#   deterministic runtime probe (the root "/" is always a directory).
+(each [label src needle]
+  [["emit .write -> jolt-host-call" "(fn [w x] (.write w x))" "jolt-host-call"]
+   ["emit .write keeps method name" "(fn [w x] (.write w x))" "\"write\""]
+   ["emit .isDirectory -> jolt-host-call" "(fn [f] (.isDirectory f))" "isDirectory"]
+   ["emit .listFiles -> jolt-host-call" "(fn [f] (.listFiles f))" "listFiles"]]
+  (let [scm (protect (emit/emit (backend/analyze-form ctx (in (r/parse-next src) 0))))]
+    (ok label (and (scm 0) (string/find needle (scm 1))) (string/format "%p" scm))))
+
+(let [[code out err] (d/run-on-chez ctx "(.isDirectory \"/\")")]
+  (ok "runtime .isDirectory \"/\" = true" (and (= code 0) (= out "true"))
+      (string "chez=" out " | " err)))
+
 # 3h) prelude mode (inc 3d): emitting clojure.core ITSELF, a core->core ref must
 #   lower to a runtime var-deref instead of being rejected as "out of subset".
 #   `frequencies` is a core fn but not a native-op, so it exercises the switch.
diff --git a/test/integration/fallback-zero-test.janet b/test/integration/fallback-zero-test.janet
index 410aaa1..bdf40b4 100644
--- a/test/integration/fallback-zero-test.janet
+++ b/test/integration/fallback-zero-test.janet
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@
 #                       gains a letrec lowering.
 #   eval              — compile-and-run entry (also loader stateful-head?)
 #   . / new / Foo. /  — thin host-interop heads the back end doesn't model
-#   .method
+#   .method           — analyzes to a :host-call IR node now (inc 3h), but the
+#                       Janet back end punts it at emit (no interop model). The
+#                       Chez back end DOES lower it (jolt-host-call). Same shape as
+#                       letfn: compiles on Chez, interprets on Janet.
+#   .-field           — field access stays punted at analyze (form-special?)
 #   gen-class, monitor-enter, monitor-exit — JVM-compat stubs
 # Growing this list is a REGRESSION: a new punt means the compiler lost
 # coverage. Shrinking it (e.g. letfn via letrec IR) is progress — move the
@@ -102,7 +106,9 @@
    "(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)"
    "(letfn [(f [n] (g n)) (g [n] (f n))] (f 1))"
    "(eval (quote (+ 1 2)))"
-   "(.method obj)"
+   # .method analyzes to :host-call now; a resolvable target ("x") makes it punt
+   # at EMIT (the interop reason), not at analyze (an unresolved target).
+   "(.toUpperCase \"x\")"
    "(.-field obj)"
    "(new Foo 1)"
    "(Foo. 1)"