diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ArrayUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ArrayUtil.java
index 2ade98bb60de..17926a303596 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ArrayUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ArrayUtil.java
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ public class ArrayUtil extends ArrayUtilRt {
   }
 
   @Contract(pure=true)
-  public static boolean contains(@Nullable final Object o, @NotNull Object... objects) {
+  public static <T> boolean contains(@Nullable final T o, @NotNull T... objects) {
     return indexOf(objects, o) >= 0;
   }