diff --git a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
index a180a16f4f..0548fdf6d0 100644
--- a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
+++ b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 /**
+ * Change lookahead for AnnotationMethodDeclaration in AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration.
+ * Bug #206
+ *
+ * Juan Martin Sotuyo Dodero 01/2017
+ *====================================================================
  * Allow method references to specify generics.
  * Bug #207
  *
@@ -2282,7 +2287,7 @@ void AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration():
 {
  modifiers = Modifiers()
  (
-   LOOKAHEAD(3) AnnotationMethodDeclaration(modifiers)
+   LOOKAHEAD(Type() <IDENTIFIER> "(") AnnotationMethodDeclaration(modifiers)
   |
    ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration(modifiers)
   |
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornersTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornersTest.java
index 1a025ec9ca..4e151479e7 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornersTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornersTest.java
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ public class ParserCornersTest extends ParserTst {
         parseJava18(c);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBug206() throws Exception {
+        String code = "public @interface Foo {" + PMD.EOL
+            + "static final ThreadLocal<Interner<Integer>> interner =" + PMD.EOL
+            + "    ThreadLocal.withInitial(Interners::newStrongInterner);" + PMD.EOL
+            + "}";
+        parseJava18(code);
+    }
+
     /**
      * This triggered bug #1484 UnusedLocalVariable - false positive - parenthesis
      * @throws Exception