diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest.java
index 2929994415..13a0037b77 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public class VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
            new TestDescriptor(TEST2, "non-finals shouldn't have underscores", 1, new VariableNamingConventionsRule()),
            new TestDescriptor(TEST3, "variables names should start with lowercase character", 1, new VariableNamingConventionsRule()),
            new TestDescriptor(TEST4, "all is well", 0, new VariableNamingConventionsRule()),
+           new TestDescriptor(TEST5, "local finals are ok", 0, new VariableNamingConventionsRule()),
        });
     }
 
@@ -34,4 +35,11 @@ public class VariableNamingConventionsRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
     " private int bar = 2;" + PMD.EOL +
     " private static final int FOO_BAR = 2;" + PMD.EOL +
     "}";
+
+    private static final String TEST5 =
+    "public class Foo {" + PMD.EOL +
+    " private void bar() {" + PMD.EOL +
+    "  final int STATE_READING = 0;" + PMD.EOL +
+    " }" + PMD.EOL +
+    "}";
 }