diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/LocalFinalVariableNameCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/LocalFinalVariableNameCheck.java
index e10013fe9..460c8d097 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/LocalFinalVariableNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/LocalFinalVariableNameCheck.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 /**
  * <p>
  * Checks that local final variable names conform to a format specified
- * by the format property. The format is a
+ * by the format property. A catch parameter is considered to be
+ * a local variable.The format is a
  * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern regular expression} and defaults to
  * <strong>^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$</strong>.
  * </p>
@@ -60,7 +61,10 @@ public class LocalFinalVariableNameCheck
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
     public int[] getDefaultTokens()
     {
-        return new int[] {TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF};
+        return new int[] {
+            TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF,
+        };
     }
 
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming.AbstractNameCheck */
diff --git a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
index 04635e84d..4d22c387e 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
         </tr>
         <tr>
           <td><span class="code">LocalFinalVariableName</span></td>
-          <td>local, <span class="code">final</span> variables</td>
+          <td>local, <span class="code">final</span> variables, including
+              <span class="code">catch</span> parameters</td>
           <td><span class="default">^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$</span></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 07c770ff6..37d0d6420 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
         <li>TypecastParenPad and ParenPad are now smarter in detecting
         if paren is part of typecast (bug 1217798)</li>
 
+        <li>LocalFinalVariable now also checks catch parameters (bug
+        1223290)</li>
+
       </ul>
 
       <p>Other improvements:</p>