diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/BooleanInstantiationRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/BooleanInstantiationRule.java
index c5091dd89f..032db19a4d 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/BooleanInstantiationRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/BooleanInstantiationRule.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.basic;
 
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAllocationExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTArrayDimsAndInits;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTBooleanLiteral;
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ public class BooleanInstantiationRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 	        if (node.hasDescendantOfType(ASTArrayDimsAndInits.class)) {
 	            return super.visit(node, data);
 	        }
-	        if (TypeHelper.isA((ASTClassOrInterfaceType) node.jjtGetChild(0), Boolean.class)) {
+	        
+	        Node n1 = node.getFirstChildOfType(ASTClassOrInterfaceType.class);
+	    	if (TypeHelper.isA((ASTClassOrInterfaceType) n1, Boolean.class)) {
                 super.addViolation(data, node);
                 return data;
             }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/BooleanInstantiation.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/BooleanInstantiation.xml
index bc272936f1..f6fe35d2cc 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/BooleanInstantiation.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/BooleanInstantiation.xml
@@ -158,4 +158,16 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1533 [java] BooleanInstantiation: ClassCastException with Annotation</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    public void bar() {
+        Object o = new @Interned MyObject();
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 7f54fd4429..a1e157f24a 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 *   [#106](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/106): \[java] CPD: Keep constructor names under ignoreIdentifiers
 *   [#107](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/107): \[groovy] Initial support for CPD Groovy
 *   [#110](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/110): \[java] Fix parser error (issue 1530)
+*   [#111](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/111): \[java] Fix BooleanInstantiationRule for Java 8
 
 **Bugfixes:**
 
 *   Java
     *   [#1530](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1530/): \[java] Parser exception on Java code
+*   java-basic/BooleanInstantiation
+    *   [#1533](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1533/): \[java] BooleanInstantiation: ClassCastException with Annotation
 *   java-comments
     *   [#1522](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1522/): \[java] CommentRequired: false positive
 *   java-imports/UnusedImports