diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 3e95c16b3f..c03ac93617 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Fixed bug 2338341 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in cpd on rails project
 Fixed bug 2315623 - @SuppressWarnings("PMD.UseSingleton") has no effect
 Fixed bug 2230809 - False +: ClassWithOnlyPrivateConstructorsShouldBeFinal  
 Fixed bug 2338341 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in CPD (on Ruby)
+Fixed bug 2315599 - False +: UseSingleton with class containing constructor
 
 October 12, 2008 - 4.2.4:
 
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/UseSingleton.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/UseSingleton.xml
index 9e3a95a673..653147ae54 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/UseSingleton.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/UseSingleton.xml
@@ -116,4 +116,24 @@ public class FooTest {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+    
+    <test-code>
+	    <description><![CDATA[
+Reproducing bug [ 2315599 ] False +: UseSingleton with class containing constructor: Although there is a static method, the class also has a non-private constructor. This is a common design for custom exceptions which contain a private static method to format error message strings.
+]]></description>
+	    <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+	    <code><![CDATA[
+public class UseSingleton extends Exception {
+	UseSingleton(final String string) {
+		super(foo(string));
+	}
+	
+	private static String foo(final String string) {
+		return string;
+	}
+}
+			   ]]></code>
+    </test-code>    
+    
+    
 </test-data>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/UseSingleton.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/UseSingleton.java
index 2cf7175881..c5f7b1b8f9 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/UseSingleton.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/UseSingleton.java
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ public class UseSingleton extends AbstractRule {
     }
 
     public Object visit(ASTMethodDeclaration decl, Object data) {
-        methodCount++;
+        // Private method does no count
+	if ( ! decl.isPrivate() ) {
+		methodCount++;
+	}
 
-        if (!isOK && !decl.isStatic()) {
+        if (!isOK && !decl.isStatic()  ) {
             isOK = true;
         }