diff --git a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/SimpleStringConcatenationPredicate.java b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/SimpleStringConcatenationPredicate.java
index 1b5e41ed0fb7..8393cbd955bf 100644
--- a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/SimpleStringConcatenationPredicate.java
+++ b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/SimpleStringConcatenationPredicate.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 package com.siyeh.ipp.concatenation;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnnotationMethod;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ExpressionUtils;
 import com.siyeh.ipp.base.PsiElementPredicate;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ class SimpleStringConcatenationPredicate implements PsiElementPredicate {
     if (!ExpressionUtils.isConcatenation(element)) {
       return false;
     }
-    return !(excludeConcatenationsInsideAnnotations && AnnotationUtil.isInsideAnnotation(element));
+    return !(excludeConcatenationsInsideAnnotations && (AnnotationUtil.isInsideAnnotation(element) || 
+                                                        PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(element, PsiAnnotationMethod.class) != null));
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/test/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/string_builder/ConstantRequiredInsideAnnotationMethod.java b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/test/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/string_builder/ConstantRequiredInsideAnnotationMethod.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c69e724452dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/test/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/string_builder/ConstantRequiredInsideAnnotationMethod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.siyeh.ipp.concatenation.string_builder;
+
+public @interface ConstantRequiredInsideAnnotationMethod {
+  String val() default "hey," <caret>+ "";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/testSrc/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/ReplaceConcatenationWithStringBufferIntentionTest.java b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/testSrc/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/ReplaceConcatenationWithStringBufferIntentionTest.java
index 82ee9ca4b93e..3baa064bf8c8 100644
--- a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/testSrc/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/ReplaceConcatenationWithStringBufferIntentionTest.java
+++ b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/testSrc/com/siyeh/ipp/concatenation/ReplaceConcatenationWithStringBufferIntentionTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ public class ReplaceConcatenationWithStringBufferIntentionTest extends IPPTestCa
 
   public void testNonStringConcatenationStart() { doTest(); }
   public void testConcatenationInsideAppend() { doTest(); }
+  public void testConstantRequiredInsideAnnotationMethod() { assertIntentionNotAvailable(); }
 
   @Override
   protected String getIntentionName() {