diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/ClassType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/ClassType.java
index fed37958..715ffc34 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/ClassType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/ClassType.java
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ public final class ClassType extends Type {
 
     public static final ClassType OBJECT_TYPE = new ClassType(DotName.OBJECT_NAME);
 
+    public static final ClassType BYTE_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Byte"));
+    public static final ClassType CHARACTER_CLASS = new ClassType(
+            DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Character"));
+    public static final ClassType DOUBLE_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Double"));
+    public static final ClassType FLOAT_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Float"));
+    public static final ClassType INTEGER_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Integer"));
+    public static final ClassType LONG_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Long"));
+    public static final ClassType SHORT_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Short"));
+    public static final ClassType BOOLEAN_CLASS = new ClassType(DotName.createComponentized(DotName.JAVA_LANG_NAME, "Boolean"));
+
     /**
      * Create an instance of a class type with given {@code name}.
      * <p>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/PrimitiveType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/PrimitiveType.java
index 2a9d2222..095e90e6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/PrimitiveType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/PrimitiveType.java
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ public final class PrimitiveType extends Type {
     public static final PrimitiveType SHORT = new PrimitiveType(Primitive.SHORT);
     public static final PrimitiveType BOOLEAN = new PrimitiveType(Primitive.BOOLEAN);
 
-    private static final Map<String, PrimitiveType> reverseMap = new HashMap<String, PrimitiveType>();
+    private static final Map<String, PrimitiveType> reverseMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private static final Map<Primitive, ClassType> boxingMap = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<DotName, PrimitiveType> unboxingMap = new HashMap<>();
 
     static {
         reverseMap.put("byte", BYTE);
@@ -54,6 +57,24 @@ public final class PrimitiveType extends Type {
         reverseMap.put("long", LONG);
         reverseMap.put("short", SHORT);
         reverseMap.put("boolean", BOOLEAN);
+
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.BYTE, ClassType.BYTE_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.CHAR, ClassType.CHARACTER_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.DOUBLE, ClassType.DOUBLE_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.FLOAT, ClassType.FLOAT_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.INT, ClassType.INTEGER_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.LONG, ClassType.LONG_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.SHORT, ClassType.SHORT_CLASS);
+        boxingMap.put(Primitive.BOOLEAN, ClassType.BOOLEAN_CLASS);
+
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.BYTE_CLASS.name(), BYTE);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.CHARACTER_CLASS.name(), CHAR);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.DOUBLE_CLASS.name(), DOUBLE);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.FLOAT_CLASS.name(), FLOAT);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.INTEGER_CLASS.name(), INT);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.LONG_CLASS.name(), LONG);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.SHORT_CLASS.name(), SHORT);
+        unboxingMap.put(ClassType.BOOLEAN_CLASS.name(), BOOLEAN);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -103,6 +124,37 @@ public Primitive primitive() {
         return primitive;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a class type that is the result of a boxing conversion of the given {@code primitiveType}.
+     * <p>
+     * Returns {@code null} if {@code primitiveType} is {@code null}.
+     *
+     * @param primitiveType a primitive type, may be {@code null}
+     * @return the corresponding class type, or {@code null} if {@code primitiveType} is {@code null}
+     */
+    public static ClassType box(PrimitiveType primitiveType) {
+        if (primitiveType == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return boxingMap.get(primitiveType.primitive);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a primitive type that is the result of an unboxing conversion of the given {@code classType}.
+     * <p>
+     * Returns {@code null} if no unboxing conversion exists for given class type
+     * or if {@code classType} is {@code null}.
+     *
+     * @param classType a class type, may be {@code null}
+     * @return the corresponding primitive type, or {@code null} if there's none
+     */
+    public static PrimitiveType unbox(ClassType classType) {
+        if (classType == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return unboxingMap.get(classType.name());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public PrimitiveType asPrimitiveType() {
         return this;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/PrimitiveTypeTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/PrimitiveTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..581faae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/PrimitiveTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.jboss.jandex.test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassType;
+import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+import org.jboss.jandex.PrimitiveType;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class PrimitiveTypeTest {
+    @Test
+    public void boxing() {
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Boolean.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.BOOLEAN));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Byte.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.BYTE));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Short.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.SHORT));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Integer.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.INT));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Long.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.LONG));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Float.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.FLOAT));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Double.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.DOUBLE));
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(Character.class), PrimitiveType.box(PrimitiveType.CHAR));
+
+        assertNull(PrimitiveType.box(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void unboxing() {
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.BOOLEAN, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Boolean.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.BYTE, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Byte.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.SHORT, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Short.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.INT, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Integer.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.LONG, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Long.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.FLOAT, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Float.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.DOUBLE, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Double.class)));
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.CHAR, PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(Character.class)));
+
+        assertNull(PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.OBJECT_TYPE));
+        assertNull(PrimitiveType.unbox(ClassType.create(DotName.STRING_NAME)));
+
+        assertNull(PrimitiveType.unbox(null));
+    }
+}