diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/content/anno/i18n/annotations.xml b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/content/anno/i18n/annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f726baa822b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/content/anno/i18n/annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<root>
+    <item name='i18n'>
+      <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls'/>
+    </item>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/src/i18n/Foo.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/src/i18n/Foo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..237c7defcff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/externalAnnotations/src/i18n/Foo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package i18n;
+public class Foo {
+  public Foo(String s) {
+  }
+
+  {
+    new Foo(<warning descr="Hardcoded string literal: \"abc de\"">"abc de"</warning>);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsTest.java
index c7cee2d0045d..90149e44e51a 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.intellij.java.codeInsight;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.AddAnnotationPsiFix;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.IntentionAction;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.i18n.I18nInspection;
 import com.intellij.java.JavaBundle;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ex.PathManagerEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module;
@@ -78,6 +79,15 @@ public class ExternalAnnotationsTest extends UsefulTestCase {
                                 true);
   }
 
+  public void testHardcodedStringLiteralWithExternalPackageAnnotation() {
+    myFixture.configureByFiles("src/i18n/Foo.java", "content/anno/i18n/annotations.xml");
+    I18nInspection inspection = new I18nInspection();
+    inspection.setIgnoreForAllButNls(true);
+    myFixture.enableInspections(inspection);
+
+    myFixture.testHighlighting(true, false, false, "src/i18n/Foo.java");
+  }
+
   public void testBringToSrc() {
     myFixture.configureByFiles("src/toSrc/Foo.java", "content/anno/toSrc/annotations.xml");
 
diff --git a/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/i18n/NlsInfo.java b/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/i18n/NlsInfo.java
index c0fdc900a5f3..9de286b38286 100644
--- a/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/i18n/NlsInfo.java
+++ b/plugins/java-i18n/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/i18n/NlsInfo.java
@@ -486,7 +486,15 @@ public abstract class NlsInfo {
       String packageName = ((PsiClassOwner)containingFile).getPackageName();
       PsiPackage aPackage = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(method.getProject()).findPackage(packageName);
       if (aPackage != null) {
-        return fromAnnotationOwner(aPackage.getAnnotationList());
+        NlsInfo info = fromAnnotationOwner(aPackage.getAnnotationList());
+        if (info != Unspecified.UNKNOWN) {
+          return info;
+        }
+
+        PsiAnnotation annotation = AnnotationUtil.findAnnotation(aPackage, ANNOTATION_NAMES, false);
+        if (annotation != null) {
+          return fromAnnotation(annotation);
+        }
       }
     }
     return Unspecified.UNKNOWN;