diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRuleTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRuleTest.java
index a86fd0c5d4..c0ea6adbef 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRuleTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRuleTest.java
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ public class LooseCouplingRuleTest extends RuleTst {
     public void test8() throws Throwable {
         runTest("LooseCoupling8.java", 1, rule);
     }
+
+    public void testVector() throws Throwable {
+        runTest("LooseCoupling9.java", 1, rule);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRule.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRule.java
index 8389e76d98..9266ca082d 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/LooseCouplingRule.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class LooseCouplingRule extends AbstractRule {
         implClassNames.add("LinkedHashSet");
         implClassNames.add("TreeSet");
         implClassNames.add("TreeMap");
+        implClassNames.add("Vector");
         implClassNames.add("java.util.HashSet");
         implClassNames.add("java.util.HashMap");
         implClassNames.add("java.util.ArrayList");
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class LooseCouplingRule extends AbstractRule {
         implClassNames.add("java.util.LinkedHashSet");
         implClassNames.add("java.util.TreeSet");
         implClassNames.add("java.util.TreeMap");
+        implClassNames.add("java.util.Vector");
     }
 
     public Object visit(ASTName node, Object data) {
diff --git a/pmd/test-data/LooseCoupling9.java b/pmd/test-data/LooseCoupling9.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f9886a4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd/test-data/LooseCoupling9.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import java.util.*;
+public class LooseCoupling9 {
+ public void foo(Vector bar) {}
+}