diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceType.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceType.java
index 9cca41b798..05c6e7f6b6 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceType.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceType.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class ASTClassOrInterfaceType extends AbstractJavaTypeNode {
     public ASTClassOrInterfaceType(int id) {
         super(id);
@@ -14,11 +16,35 @@ public class ASTClassOrInterfaceType extends AbstractJavaTypeNode {
         super(p, id);
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Accept the visitor. *
      */
     public Object jjtAccept(JavaParserVisitor visitor, Object data) {
         return visitor.visit(this, data);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the type this node is referring to is declared
+     * within the same compilation unit - either a class/interface or a enum type.
+     * You want to check this, if {@link #getType()} is null.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if this node referencing a type in the same compilation unit,
+     * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isReferenceToClassSameCompilationUnit() {
+        ASTCompilationUnit root = getFirstParentOfType(ASTCompilationUnit.class);
+        List<ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration> classes = root.findDescendantsOfType(ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.class);
+        for (ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration c : classes) {
+            if (c.hasImageEqualTo(getImage())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        List<ASTEnumDeclaration> enums = root.findDescendantsOfType(ASTEnumDeclaration.class);
+        for (ASTEnumDeclaration e : enums) {
+            if (e.hasImageEqualTo(getImage())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CloseResourceRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CloseResourceRule.java
index fcef6e33f9..4c8bee843a 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CloseResourceRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/CloseResourceRule.java
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ public class CloseResourceRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
                 if (ref.jjtGetChild(0) instanceof ASTClassOrInterfaceType) {
                     ASTClassOrInterfaceType clazz = (ASTClassOrInterfaceType) ref.jjtGetChild(0);
 
-                    if (clazz.getType() != null && types.contains(clazz.getType().getName()) || clazz.getType() == null
-                            && simpleTypes.contains(toSimpleType(clazz.getImage())) || types.contains(clazz.getImage())) {
+                    if (clazz.getType() != null && types.contains(clazz.getType().getName())
+                            || clazz.getType() == null && simpleTypes.contains(toSimpleType(clazz.getImage())) && !clazz.isReferenceToClassSameCompilationUnit()
+                            || types.contains(clazz.getImage()) && !clazz.isReferenceToClassSameCompilationUnit()) {
 
                         ASTVariableDeclaratorId id = var.getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTVariableDeclaratorId.class);
                         ids.add(id);
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolverTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolverTest.java
index 7c99a9dbf5..b85b962fd4 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolverTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolverTest.java
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageRegistry;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersion;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.LanguageVersionHandler;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.Parser;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.JavaLanguageModule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAllocationExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTBooleanLiteral;
@@ -120,6 +125,27 @@ public class ClassTypeResolverTest {
         assertEquals(theInnerClass, formalParameter.getTypeNode().getType());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If we don't have the auxclasspath, we might not find the inner class. In that case,
+     * we'll need to search by name for a match.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testInnerClassNotCompiled() throws Exception {
+        LanguageVersion language = LanguageRegistry.getLanguage(JavaLanguageModule.NAME).getDefaultVersion();
+        LanguageVersionHandler languageHandler = language.getLanguageVersionHandler();
+        Parser parser = languageHandler.getParser(languageHandler.getDefaultParserOptions());
+        Node acu = parser.parse("test", new StringReader("public class TestInnerClass {\n" + 
+                "    public void foo() {\n" + 
+                "        Statement statement = new Statement();\n" + 
+                "    }\n" + 
+                "    static class Statement {\n" + 
+                "    }\n" + 
+                "}"));
+        ASTClassOrInterfaceType statement = acu.getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTClassOrInterfaceType.class);
+        Assert.assertTrue(statement.isReferenceToClassSameCompilationUnit());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testAnonymousInnerClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
         ASTCompilationUnit acu = parseAndTypeResolveForClass15(AnonymousInnerClass.class);
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
index 916bcd9ce3..301690ffba 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
@@ -652,6 +652,22 @@ public class CloseResource {
             stmt.close();
         }
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1479 CloseResource false positive on Statement</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Test {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Statement statement = new Statement();
+    }
+
+    static class Statement {
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 2c872563c3..27613f65a4 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 **Bugfixes:**
 
+*   java-design/CloseResource
+    *   [#1479](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1479/): CloseResource false positive on Statement
 *   java-unusedcode/UnusedLocalVariable
     *   [#1484](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1484/): UnusedLocalVariable - false positive - parenthesis
 *   java-unusedcode/UnusedModifier