diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
index 564f865ad3..abe93a8fd8 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ public class Foo {
           externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/rules/java/unnecessary.html#UnnecessaryFinalModifier">
       <description>
 When a class has the final modifier, all the methods are automatically final and do not need to be
-tagged as such. Similarly, private methods can't be overriden, and therefore do not need to be tagged either.
+tagged as such. Similarly, methods that can't be overridden (private methods, methods of anonymous classes,
+methods of enum instance) do not need to be tagged either.
       </description>
       <priority>3</priority>
       <properties>
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ tagged as such. Similarly, private methods can't be overriden, and therefore do
     /ClassOrInterfaceBody/ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration
         [count(./Annotation/MarkerAnnotation/Name[@Image='SafeVarargs' or @Image='java.lang.SafeVarargs']) = 0]
     /MethodDeclaration[@Final='true']
-    | //MethodDeclaration[@Final='true' and @Private='true']
+| //MethodDeclaration[@Final='true' and @Private='true']
+| //EnumConstant/ClassOrInterfaceBody/ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration/MethodDeclaration[@Final='true']
+| //AllocationExpression/ClassOrInterfaceBody/ClassOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration/MethodDeclaration[@Final='true']
     ]]>
               </value>
           </property>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UnnecessaryFinalModifier.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UnnecessaryFinalModifier.xml
index 5ebd436a1b..cf8a27859c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UnnecessaryFinalModifier.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unnecessary/xml/UnnecessaryFinalModifier.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,34 @@ public class TestClass {
 	private final int getValue() {
 		return 0;
 	}
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+    <description>Unnecessary final of enum method</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public enum Foo {
+    BAR {
+        @Override
+        public final void magic() {}
+    };
+
+    public void magic() {}
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+    <description>Unnecessary final of anonymous class method</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    public void stuff() {
+        Listener list = new Listener() {
+            @Override
+            public final void onEvent() {}
+        };
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>