diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/groovy/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 703f940e64d6..3c82201b05b5 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
     <customAnnotationChecker implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator.GrabAnnotationChecker"/>
     <customAnnotationChecker implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator.GrAliasAnnotationChecker"/>
     <customAnnotationChecker implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator.AnnotationCollectorChecker" order="first"/>
+    <customAnnotationChecker implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator.DelegatesToAnnotationChecker"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij.properties">
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/DelegatesToAnnotationChecker.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/DelegatesToAnnotationChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcb6d65af29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/DelegatesToAnnotationChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator;
+
+import com.intellij.lang.annotation.AnnotationHolder;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnnotationMemberValue;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnnotationOwner;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.auxiliary.modifiers.GrModifierList;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.auxiliary.modifiers.annotation.GrAnnotation;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.params.GrParameter;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.params.GrParameterList;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.GroovyCommonClassNames;
+
+/**
+ * checks the following case:
+ * <p/>
+ * def foo(@DelegatesTo.Target def targetArg, @DelegatesTo Closure cl) {}
+ *
+ * @author Max Medvedev
+ */
+
+public class DelegatesToAnnotationChecker extends CustomAnnotationChecker {
+  @Override
+  public boolean checkArgumentList(@NotNull AnnotationHolder holder, @NotNull GrAnnotation annotation) {
+    if (!GroovyCommonClassNames.GROOVY_LANG_DELEGATES_TO.equals(annotation.getQualifiedName())) return false;
+
+    final PsiAnnotationMemberValue valueAttribute = annotation.findAttributeValue("value");
+
+    if (valueAttribute == null) {
+      final PsiAnnotationOwner owner = annotation.getOwner();
+      if (owner instanceof GrModifierList) {
+        final PsiElement parent1 = ((GrModifierList)owner).getParent();
+        if (parent1 instanceof GrParameter) {
+          final PsiElement parent = parent1.getParent();
+          if (parent instanceof GrParameterList) {
+            for (GrParameter parameter : ((GrParameterList)parent).getParameters()) {
+              if (parameter.getModifierList().findAnnotation(GroovyCommonClassNames.GROOVY_LANG_DELEGATES_TO_TARGET) != null) {
+                return true;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
index e580466e0d0a..42e250f45e38 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
@@ -1120,4 +1120,17 @@ print(<error descr="Collection literal contains named and expression arguments a
 ''')
   }
 
+  void testDelegatesToApplicability() {
+    testHighlighting('''
+      def with(@DelegatesTo.Target Object target, @DelegatesTo Closure arg) {
+        arg.delegate = target
+        arg()
+      }
+
+      def with2(Object target, @<error descr="Missed attributes: value">DelegatesTo</error> Closure arg) {
+        arg.delegate = target
+        arg()
+      }
+''')
+  }
 }
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