diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyBundle.properties b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyBundle.properties
index 5631fad02ee0..917b0955d957 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyBundle.properties
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/GroovyBundle.properties
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ trait.method.cannot.be.protected=Trait methods are not allowed to be protected
 traits.are.not.supported.in.groovy.0=Traits are not supported in Groovy {0}
 non.static.classes.not.allowed=Non-static inner classes are not allowed in traits
 selfType.class.does.not.inherit=@SelfType: Class ''{0}'' does not inherit ''{1}''
+illegal.type.void=Illegal type: 'void'
 
 select.module.description=Which module to use classpath of?
 select.module.title=Select module...
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
index a51485d76831..409fb33f5c93 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2017 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.
+ * 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 org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.annotator;
@@ -955,6 +943,18 @@ public class GroovyAnnotator extends GroovyElementVisitor {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void visitArrayTypeElement(@NotNull GrArrayTypeElement typeElement) {
+    GrTypeElement componentTypeElement = typeElement.getComponentTypeElement();
+    PsiType componentType = componentTypeElement.getType();
+    if (PsiType.VOID.equals(componentType)) {
+      myHolder.createErrorAnnotation(componentTypeElement, GroovyBundle.message("illegal.type.void"));
+    }
+    else {
+      super.visitArrayTypeElement(typeElement);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void visitModifierList(@NotNull GrModifierList modifierList) {
     final PsiElement parent = modifierList.getParent();
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
index 7075ce68ad14..043ae60e2ec6 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2017 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.
+ * 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 org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.highlighting
 
@@ -181,6 +169,13 @@ class A {
 
   void testBuiltInTypeInstantiation() { doTest() }
 
+  void 'test void array type'() {
+    testHighlighting '''\
+<error descr="Illegal type: 'void'">void</error>[] foo() {}
+<error descr="Illegal type: 'void'">void</error>[] bar = foo()
+'''
+  }
+
   void testSOEInFieldDeclarations() { doTest() }
 
   void testWrongAnnotation() { doTest() }