diff --git a/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/DependsOnMethodInspection.java b/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/DependsOnMethodInspection.java
index 818e6865a9cd..2171984f89ae 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/DependsOnMethodInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/DependsOnMethodInspection.java
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
  */
 package com.theoryinpractice.testng.inspection;
 
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.theoryinpractice.testng.util.TestNGUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -122,8 +124,8 @@ public class DependsOnMethodInspection extends BaseJavaLocalInspectionTool
             problemDescriptors.add(descriptor);
 
         } else {
+            final String configAnnotation = TestNGUtil.getConfigAnnotation(PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(dep, PsiMethod.class));
             PsiMethod[] foundMethods = psiClass.findMethodsByName(methodName, true);
-
             if (foundMethods.length == 0) {
                 LOGGER.debug("dependsOnMethods method doesn't exist:" + methodName);
                 ProblemDescriptor descriptor = manager.createProblemDescriptor(dep,
@@ -135,11 +137,17 @@ public class DependsOnMethodInspection extends BaseJavaLocalInspectionTool
             } else {
               boolean hasTestsOrConfigs = false;
               for (PsiMethod foundMethod : foundMethods) {
-                 hasTestsOrConfigs |= TestNGUtil.hasTest(foundMethod) || TestNGUtil.hasConfig(foundMethod);
+                if (configAnnotation != null) {
+                  hasTestsOrConfigs |= AnnotationUtil.isAnnotated(foundMethod, configAnnotation, true);
+                } else {
+                  hasTestsOrConfigs |= TestNGUtil.hasTest(foundMethod);
+                }
               }
+
               if (!hasTestsOrConfigs) {
                 ProblemDescriptor descriptor = manager.createProblemDescriptor(dep,
-                                                                     "Method '" + methodName + "' is not a test or configuration method.",
+                                                                     configAnnotation == null ? "Method '" + methodName + "' is not a test or configuration method." :
+                                                                                                "Method '" + methodName + "' is not annotated with @" + configAnnotation,
                                                                      (LocalQuickFix) null,
                                                                      ProblemHighlightType.LIKE_UNKNOWN_SYMBOL, onTheFly);
                 problemDescriptors.add(descriptor);
diff --git a/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/util/TestNGUtil.java b/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/util/TestNGUtil.java
index 0ef2e28a8cdc..5138ca80c96d 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/util/TestNGUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/testng/src/com/theoryinpractice/testng/util/TestNGUtil.java
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ public class TestNGUtil
     return false;
   }
 
+  public static String getConfigAnnotation(PsiMethod method) {
+    if (method != null) {
+      for (String fqn : CONFIG_ANNOTATIONS_FQN) {
+        if (AnnotationUtil.isAnnotated(method, fqn, false)) return fqn;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public static boolean isTestNGAnnotation(PsiAnnotation annotation) {
     String qName = annotation.getQualifiedName();
     if (qName.equals(TEST_ANNOTATION_FQN)) return true;
diff --git a/plugins/testng/testData/inspection/dependsOn/Dependencies.java b/plugins/testng/testData/inspection/dependsOn/Dependencies.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b708f2c7f705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/testng/testData/inspection/dependsOn/Dependencies.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+import org.testng.annotations.*;
+public class MyTest {
+  @Test(<warning descr="Method 'beforeMethod' is not a test or configuration method.">dependsOnMethods = "beforeMethod"</warning>)
+  public void testFoo() throws Exception {
+  }
+
+  @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testFoo")
+  public void testBar() {}
+
+  @AfterSuite
+  protected final void afterSuiteMethod() throws Throwable {
+  }
+
+  @BeforeMethod(<warning descr="Method 'afterSuiteMethod' is not annotated with @org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod">dependsOnMethods = "afterSuiteMethod"</warning>)
+  public final void beforeMethod() throws Throwable {
+  }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/plugins/testng/testSources/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest.java b/plugins/testng/testSources/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e317c0d6ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/testng/testSources/com/theoryinpractice/testng/inspection/TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.theoryinpractice.testng.inspection;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.PluginPathManager;
+import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
+  @Test
+  public void testDependencies() throws Exception {
+    Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
+      public void run() {
+        myFixture.addClass("package org.testng.annotations;\n" +
+                           "public @interface AfterSuite {  java.lang.String[] dependsOnMethods() default {};}");
+        myFixture.addClass("package org.testng.annotations;\n" +
+                           "public @interface BeforeMethod {  java.lang.String[] dependsOnMethods() default {};}");
+        myFixture.addClass("package org.testng.annotations;\n" +
+                           "public @interface Test {  java.lang.String[] dependsOnMethods() default {};}");
+        myFixture.testHighlighting(true, false, false, "Dependencies.java");
+      }
+    };
+    UIUtil.invokeAndWaitIfNeeded(runnable);
+  }
+
+  public void testNothing(){}
+ 
+
+  @NotNull
+   @Override
+   protected String getTestDataPath() {
+     return PluginPathManager.getPluginHomePath("testng") + "/testData/inspection/dependsOn/";
+   }
+  
+  @BeforeMethod
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+      UIUtil.invokeAndWaitIfNeeded(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          try {
+            TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest.super.setUp();
+            myFixture.enableInspections(new DependsOnMethodInspection());
+           
+          }
+          catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  
+    @AfterMethod
+    @Override
+    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+      UIUtil.invokeAndWaitIfNeeded(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          try {
+            TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest.super.tearDown();
+          }
+          catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  
+}
diff --git a/plugins/testng/testSources/testng.xml b/plugins/testng/testSources/testng.xml
index 513f38ba8ce6..52b07d6de88c 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/testSources/testng.xml
+++ b/plugins/testng/testSources/testng.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <class name="com.theoryinpractice.testng.inspection.UndeclaredTestsInspectionTest"/>
       <class name="com.theoryinpractice.testng.intention.AddTestNGJarFixTest"/>
       <class name="com.theoryinpractice.testng.referenceContributor.TestNGDataProviderTest"/>
+      <class name="com.theoryinpractice.testng.inspection.TestNGDependsOnInspectionTest"/>
     </classes>
   </test>
 </suite>