diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
index ab7ae2abd9..97d5e1ff09 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ public class Test {
     count(./InclusiveOrExpression)=0 and
     count(./ExclusiveOrExpression)=0 and
     count(./ConditionalAndExpression)=0 and
-    count(./ConditionalOrExpression)=0]
+    count(./ConditionalOrExpression)=0 and
+    count(./EqualityExpression)=0]
           ]]>
           </value>
        </property>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UselessParentheses.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UselessParentheses.xml
index 2a01e47b83..be24fde05d 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UselessParentheses.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UselessParentheses.xml
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ public class NewClass {
     public void falsePositive(Boolean b) throws IOException {
         System.out.write(( "" + b ).getBytes());
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1366 UselessParentheses false positive on multiple equality operators</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Useless {
+    public boolean test(Object a, Object b) {
+        return (a == null) == (b == null);
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 0069565de3..26e68a2eec 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 
 *   [#1364](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1364/): FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass false positive using multiple annotations
 *   [#1365](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1365/): Aggregated javadoc report is missing
+*   [#1366](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1366/): UselessParentheses false positive on multiple equality operators
 
 **API Changes:**