diff --git a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
index 0548fdf6d0..3e6f53a932 100644
--- a/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
+++ b/pmd-java/etc/grammar/Java.jjt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 /**
+ * Allow local classes to carry more than one annotation.
+ * Bug #208
+ *
+ * Juan Martin Sotuyo Dodero 01/2017
+ *====================================================================
  * Change lookahead for AnnotationMethodDeclaration in AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration.
  * Bug #206
  *
@@ -1978,7 +1983,7 @@ void BlockStatement():
   ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration, but that seems like a hack that
   could break other things...
   */
-  LOOKAHEAD( [Annotation()] ["final"|"abstract"] "class") [Annotation()] ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration(0)
+  LOOKAHEAD( (Annotation())* ["final"|"abstract"] "class") (Annotation())* ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration(0)
 }
 
 void LocalVariableDeclaration() :
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 4e151479e7..9a0b20d366 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
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ public class ParserCornersTest extends ParserTst {
         parseJava18(code);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGitHubBug208ParseError() throws Exception {
+        String c = IOUtils.toString(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("GitHubBug208.java"));
+        parseJava15(c);
+    }
+
     /**
      * This triggered bug #1484 UnusedLocalVariable - false positive - parenthesis
      * @throws Exception
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/GitHubBug208.java b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/GitHubBug208.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df790a09ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/GitHubBug208.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+public class GitHubBug208 {
+	public void testMethod() {
+	    @Lazy
+	    @Configuration
+	    class LocalClass {
+            @Bean Object foo() {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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