diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinition.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinition.java
index 613350ee98..f66a350222 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinition.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/typedefinition/JavaTypeDefinition.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class JavaTypeDefinition implements TypeDefinition {
         // the anonymous class can't have generics, but we may be binding generics from super classes
         if (clazz.isAnonymousClass()) {
             // is this an anonymous class based on an interface or a class?
-            if (clazz.getSuperclass() == Object.class) {
+            if (clazz.getInterfaces().length != 0) {
                 typeParameters = clazz.getInterfaces()[0].getTypeParameters();
             } else {
                 typeParameters = clazz.getSuperclass().getTypeParameters();
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 5a493f9e1f..068e180d43 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
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.typeresolution.ClassTypeResolver;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.typeresolution.typedefinition.JavaTypeDefinition;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.AnonymousClassFromInterface;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.AnonymousInnerClass;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.AnoymousExtendingObject;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.ArrayListFound;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.DefaultJavaLangImport;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata.EnumWithAnonymousInnerClass;
@@ -199,6 +200,14 @@ public class ClassTypeResolverTest {
         Assert.assertTrue(Converter.class.isAssignableFrom(child.getType()));
         Assert.assertSame(String.class, child.getTypeDefinition().getGenericType(0).getType());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testAnoymousExtendingObject() throws Exception {
+        Node acu = parseAndTypeResolveForClass(AnoymousExtendingObject.class, "1.8");
+        ASTAllocationExpression allocationExpression = acu.getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTAllocationExpression.class);
+        TypeNode child = (TypeNode) allocationExpression.jjtGetChild(0);
+        Assert.assertTrue(Object.class.isAssignableFrom(child.getType()));
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testAnonymousInnerClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/testdata/AnoymousExtendingObject.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/testdata/AnoymousExtendingObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8138551400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/testdata/AnoymousExtendingObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.testdata;
+
+public class AnoymousExtendingObject {
+
+    public void foo() {
+        System.out.println(new Object() {
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                return "Suprise!";
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 1b4e6228ba..cc8e601220 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Based on those metrics, rules like "GodClass" detection can be implemented more
     *   [#448](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/448): \[cpp] Write custom CharStream to handle continuation characters
 *   java
     *   [#1513](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1513/): \[java] Remove deprecated rule UseSingleton
+    *   [#487](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/487): \[java] Fix typeresolution for anonymous extending object
 *   java-controversial
     *   [#408](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/408): \[java] DFA not analyzing asserts
 *   java-unnecessarycode