diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule.java
index 52807c1119..34fc09ef57 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule.java
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ public class JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssertRule extends AbstractJUnitRule {
     private boolean isAssertOrFailStatement(ASTStatementExpression expression) {
         String img = getMethodCallNameOrNull(expression);
         return img != null && (img.startsWith("assert") || img.startsWith("fail")
-                || img.startsWith("Assert.assert") || img.startsWith("Assert.fail"));
+                || img.startsWith("Assert.assert") || img.startsWith("Assert.fail")
+                || img.startsWith("Assertions.assert") || img.startsWith("Assertions.fail"));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert.xml
index d94456d6e0..f388d81e00 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert.xml
@@ -529,6 +529,23 @@ public class FooTest extends TestCase {
     public void test2() {
         assertThat("doesn't matter", null, Matchers.nullValue());
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>AssertJ and JUnit5 ?</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class JUnit5AssertJTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void check() {
+    Assertions.assertThat("FOO").isNotNull();
+  }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>