diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 8842e22a3a..6c3d38aaa7 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 '41' and '42' shortcuts for rulesets added
 Fixed bug 1928009 - Error using migration ruleset in PMD 4.2
 Fixed bug 1932242 - EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract false +
+AvoidDuplicateLiteralRule now has 'skipAnnotations' boolean property
 ruleset.dtd and ruleset_xml_schema.xsd added to jar file in rulesets directory
 Update RuleSetWriter to handle non-Apache TRAX implementations, add an option to not use XML Namespaces
 Added file encoding option to CPD GUI, which already existed for the command line and Ant
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals.xml
index c26d6d3d20..36ef0aef16 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/AvoidDuplicateLiterals.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,43 @@ duplicate literals in field decl
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
  String[] FOO = {"foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "foo"};
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+duplicate literals in annotations
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+public class Foo {
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+duplicate literals in annotations, skipped
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <rule-property name="skipAnnotations">true</rule-property>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+@SuppressWarnings("foo")
+public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule.java
index ad16b09321..257376b814 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule.java
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.strings;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.PropertyDescriptor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractRule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTAnnotation;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTCompilationUnit;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTLiteral;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.BooleanProperty;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 public class AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule extends AbstractRule {
 
+    private static final PropertyDescriptor SKIP_ANNOTATIONS = new BooleanProperty("skipAnnotations",
+          "Skip literals within Annotations.", false, 1.0f);
+
+    private static final Map<String, PropertyDescriptor> PROPERTY_DESCRIPTORS_BY_NAME = asFixedMap(new PropertyDescriptor[] { SKIP_ANNOTATIONS });
+
     public static class ExceptionParser {
 
         private static final char ESCAPE_CHAR = '\\';
@@ -122,6 +130,11 @@ public class AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule extends AbstractRule {
             return data;
         }
 
+        // Skip literals in annotations
+        if (getBooleanProperty(SKIP_ANNOTATIONS) && node.getFirstParentOfType(ASTAnnotation.class) != null) {
+            return data;
+        }
+
         if (literals.containsKey(node.getImage())) {
             List<ASTLiteral> occurrences = literals.get(node.getImage());
             occurrences.add(node);
@@ -133,5 +146,10 @@ public class AvoidDuplicateLiteralsRule extends AbstractRule {
 
         return data;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Map<String, PropertyDescriptor> propertiesByName() {
+	return PROPERTY_DESCRIPTORS_BY_NAME;
+    }
 }