diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/LooseCouplingRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/LooseCouplingRule.java
index 38eb211aa9..953eb486ea 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/LooseCouplingRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/LooseCouplingRule.java
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ public class LooseCouplingRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
     // "java.util.TreeMap", "java.util.Vector"
     // });
 
+    public LooseCouplingRule() {
+        addRuleChainVisit(ASTClassOrInterfaceType.class);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Object visit(ASTClassOrInterfaceType node, Object data) {
         if (methodHasOverride(node)) {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/LooseCoupling.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/LooseCoupling.xml
index 2434052cc6..5e2a190e8c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/LooseCoupling.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/LooseCoupling.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <test-code>
         <description>returning a HashSet, bad</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>3</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 import java.util.HashSet;
 public class Foo {
@@ -135,6 +136,33 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 public class Test {
     @Override
     public LinkedHashMap findGetters() {}
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Verify with nested (local) classes</description>
+        <expected-problems>3</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>6,11,15</expected-linenumbers>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import java.util.HashSet;
+public class Foo {
+    void firstMethod() { }
+    void myMethod() {
+        class Inner {
+            HashSet foo() {
+                return new HashSet();
+            }
+        }
+        Object o = new Object() {
+            HashSet foo() { return new HashSet(); }
+        };
+    }
+    class Nested {
+        HashSet foo() {
+            return new HashSet();
+        }
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>