diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/UsageOfProtectedAnnotationOutsideAPackage.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/UsageOfProtectedAnnotationOutsideAPackage.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32f54d02d3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/UsageOfProtectedAnnotationOutsideAPackage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import a.A;
+
+@A.<error descr="'a.A.Test' has protected access in 'a.A'">Test</error> ()
+class B extends A {}
+
+@A.<error descr="'a.A.Test' has protected access in 'a.A'">Test</error> ()
+class C {}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingFixtureTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingFixtureTest.java
index bb2873e181a0..e08e7e9f8923 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingFixtureTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingFixtureTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@ public class LightAdvHighlightingFixtureTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTest
 
   }
 
+  public void testUsageOfProtectedAnnotationOutsideAPackage() throws Exception {
+    myFixture.addClass("package a;\n" +
+                       "import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;\n" +
+                       "import java.lang.annotation.Target;\n" +
+                       "\n" +
+                       "public class A {\n" +
+                       "    @Target( { ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE } )\n" +
+                       "    protected @interface Test{\n" +
+                       "    }\n" +
+                       "}");
+
+    myFixture.configureByFile(getTestName(false) + ".java");
+    myFixture.checkHighlighting();
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String getBasePath() {
     return JavaTestUtil.getRelativeJavaTestDataPath() + "/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture";