diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/META-INF/JavaAnalysisPlugin.xml b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/META-INF/JavaAnalysisPlugin.xml
index 3158c72445e6..74ed3fc32aac 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/META-INF/JavaAnalysisPlugin.xml
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/META-INF/JavaAnalysisPlugin.xml
@@ -241,5 +241,9 @@
     <syntaxHighlighter id="java.class" key="CLASS" factoryClass="com.intellij.lang.java.JavaSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
     <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory language="JAVA" implementationClass="com.intellij.lang.java.JavaSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
     <moduleExtension implementation="com.intellij.openapi.roots.impl.JavaModuleExternalPathsImpl"/>
+    <localInspection groupPath="Java,Java language level migration aids" language="JAVA" cleanupTool="true"
+                     enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING" groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" 
+                     groupKey="group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids11" bundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" shortName="RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteral"
+                     implementationClass="com.intellij.codeInspection.RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection" key="redundant.backticks.around.raw.string.literal.display.name"/>
   </extensions>
 </idea-plugin>
diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bfa73766afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.codeInspection;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
+import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.java.PsiLiteralExpressionImpl;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInspectionTool implements CleanupLocalInspectionTool {
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public PsiElementVisitor buildVisitor(@NotNull final ProblemsHolder holder, boolean isOnTheFly) {
+    if (PsiUtil.getLanguageLevel(holder.getFile()) != LanguageLevel.JDK_11_PREVIEW) {
+      return PsiElementVisitor.EMPTY_VISITOR;
+    }
+    return new JavaElementVisitor() {
+      @Override
+      public void visitLiteralExpression(PsiLiteralExpression expression) {
+        if (((PsiLiteralExpressionImpl)expression).getLiteralElementType() == JavaTokenType.RAW_STRING_LITERAL) {
+          String text = expression.getText();
+          String rawString = ((PsiLiteralExpressionImpl)expression).getRawString();
+          int reducedNumberOfBackTicks = PsiRawStringLiteralUtil.getReducedNumberOfBackticks(text);
+          if (reducedNumberOfBackTicks > 0) {
+            String newBackticksSequence = StringUtil.repeat("`", reducedNumberOfBackTicks);
+            int redundantTicksLength = (text.length() - rawString.length()) / 2 - reducedNumberOfBackTicks;
+            holder.registerProblem(expression, "Number of backticks may be reduced by " + redundantTicksLength, 
+                                   ProblemHighlightType.LIKE_UNKNOWN_SYMBOL,
+                                   new TextRange(0, redundantTicksLength),
+                                   new LocalQuickFix() {
+              @Nls
+              @NotNull
+              @Override
+              public String getFamilyName() {
+                return "Reduce number of backticks";
+              }
+  
+              @Override
+              public void applyFix(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull ProblemDescriptor descriptor) {
+                PsiElement element = descriptor.getPsiElement();
+                PsiExpression newRawStringLiteral = JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(project)
+                                                                 .createExpressionFromText(
+                                                                   newBackticksSequence + rawString + newBackticksSequence, element);
+                element.replace(newRawStringLiteral);
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteral.html b/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteral.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fb5209f1fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteral.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+This inspection reports raw string literals when the number of backticks around the value may be reduced.
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiRawStringLiteralUtil.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiRawStringLiteralUtil.java
index b460347ec55d..22c7837add9f 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiRawStringLiteralUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiRawStringLiteralUtil.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.psi;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import gnu.trove.TIntHashSet;
 
 public class PsiRawStringLiteralUtil {
   /**
@@ -48,4 +49,35 @@ public class PsiRawStringLiteralUtil {
     while (quotesLength < length && literalText.charAt(quotesLength) == '`') quotesLength++;
     return quotesLength - startIndex;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * For given raw string literal text (with backticks) returns minimal number of backticks required for string content
+   * @return number less than current number of backticks,
+   *         -1 otherwise
+   */
+  public static int getReducedNumberOfBackticks(String text) {
+    int leadingTicsSequence = getLeadingTicsSequence(text);
+    int trailingTicsSequence = getTrailingTicsSequence(text);
+    if (leadingTicsSequence == trailingTicsSequence && leadingTicsSequence > 1) {
+      int length = text.length() - trailingTicsSequence;
+      int idx = leadingTicsSequence;
+      TIntHashSet usedTicSequences = new TIntHashSet();
+      usedTicSequences.add(leadingTicsSequence);
+      while (idx < length) {
+        idx = text.indexOf("`", idx);
+        if (idx < 0) break;
+        int ticsSequence = getTicsSequence(text, length, idx);
+        usedTicSequences.add(ticsSequence);
+        idx += ticsSequence;
+      }
+
+      for (int i = 1; i < leadingTicsSequence; i++) {
+        if (!usedTicSequences.contains(i)) {
+          return i;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
 }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvRawStringLiteralsTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvRawStringLiteralsTest.java
index 5cad9f53f6c3..bafd7b302717 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvRawStringLiteralsTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvRawStringLiteralsTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package com.intellij.java.codeInsight.daemon;
 import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.QuickFixBundle;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.IntentionAction;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.IdeActions;
 import com.intellij.psi.JavaPsiFacade;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElementFactory;
@@ -97,6 +98,23 @@ public class LightAdvRawStringLiteralsTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCa
     assertEquals("abc", ((PsiLiteralExpressionImpl)rawStringLiteral).getRawString());
   }
 
+  public void testReduceNumberOfBackticks() {
+    doTestRedundantBackticks("class A {{String s = <caret>```a`b```;}}", "class A {{String s = ``a`b``;}}");
+  }
+
+  public void testReduceNumberOfBackticksSimple() {
+    doTestRedundantBackticks("class A {{String s = <caret>```a``b```;}}", "class A {{String s = `a``b`;}}");
+  }
+
+  private void doTestRedundantBackticks(String beforeText, String afterText) {
+    myFixture.configureByText("a.java", beforeText);
+    myFixture.enableInspections(new RedundantBackticksAroundRawStringLiteralInspection());
+    IntentionAction reduceNumberOfBackticks = myFixture.getAvailableIntention("Reduce number of backticks");
+    assertNotNull(reduceNumberOfBackticks);
+    myFixture.launchAction(reduceNumberOfBackticks);
+    myFixture.checkResult(afterText);
+  }
+
   public void testTypingOpeningTic() {
     myFixture.configureByFile(getTestName(false ) + ".java");
     myFixture.type('`');
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
index 9c62f3eefe7b..cdb0c8b22f9d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids8=Java 8
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids9=Java 9
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids5=Java 5
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids10=Java 10
+group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids11=Java 11
 group.names.javabeans.issues=JavaBeans issues
 group.names.inheritance.issues=Inheritance issues
 group.names.data.flow.issues=Data flow
@@ -978,3 +979,4 @@ inspection.class.getclass.display.name=Class.getClass() call
 inspection.class.getclass.message='getClass()' is called on Class instance
 inspection.class.getclass.fix.remove.name=Remove 'getClass()' call
 inspection.class.getclass.fix.replace.name=Replace with 'Class.class'
+redundant.backticks.around.raw.string.literal.display.name=Redundant backticks around raw string literal