diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValue.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValue.java
index 7e0b701d20db..9036f1a56aed 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValue.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValue.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.intellij.codeInspection.unusedReturnValue;
 
 import com.intellij.analysis.AnalysisScope;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.GroupNames;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.*;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.reference.*;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**
  * @author max
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ public class UnusedReturnValue extends GlobalJavaBatchInspectionTool{
         final boolean isNative = psiMethod.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.NATIVE);
         if (refMethod.isExternalOverride() && !isNative) return null;
         if (RefUtil.isImplicitRead(psiMethod)) return null;
+        if (canIgnoreReturnValue(psiMethod)) return null;
         return new ProblemDescriptor[]{createProblemDescriptor(psiMethod, manager, processor, isNative)};
       }
     }
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ public class UnusedReturnValue extends GlobalJavaBatchInspectionTool{
     return null;
   }
 
+  static boolean canIgnoreReturnValue(PsiMethod psiMethod) {
+    return AnnotationUtil.isAnnotated(psiMethod, 
+                                      Collections.singleton("com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue"), 
+                                      AnnotationUtil.CHECK_HIERARCHY);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void writeSettings(@NotNull Element node) throws WriteExternalException {
     if (IGNORE_BUILDER_PATTERN) {
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValueLocalInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValueLocalInspection.java
index 1778f05f5001..5d828942ec14 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValueLocalInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/unusedReturnValue/UnusedReturnValueLocalInspection.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class UnusedReturnValueLocalInspection extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInspe
         method.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.NATIVE) ||
         MethodUtils.hasSuper(method) ||
         RefUtil.isImplicitRead(method) ||
+        UnusedReturnValue.canIgnoreReturnValue(method) ||
         UnusedDeclarationInspectionBase.isDeclaredAsEntryPoint(method)) return null;
 
     final boolean[] atLeastOneUsageExists = new boolean[]{false};