diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2dab0057e..f2c7c480f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1151,7 +1151,6 @@
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.AbstractJavadocCheck\$.*</pattern><branchRate>50</branchRate><lineRate>68</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.AtclauseOrderCheck</pattern><branchRate>88</branchRate><lineRate>88</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocMethodCheck</pattern><branchRate>91</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
-            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocPackageCheck</pattern><branchRate>80</branchRate><lineRate>95</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocParagraphCheck</pattern><branchRate>92</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocStyleCheck</pattern><branchRate>89</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.javadoc.JavadocTypeCheck</pattern><branchRate>95</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocPackageCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocPackageCheckTest.java
index 56cd9e43f..222a3ca83 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocPackageCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocPackageCheckTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configuration;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocPackageCheck.MSG_LEGACY_PACKAGE_HTML;
 import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocPackageCheck.MSG_PACKAGE_INFO;
 
@@ -50,6 +52,35 @@ public class JavadocPackageCheckTest
             expected);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMissingWithAllowLegacy() throws Exception {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(JavadocPackageCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("allowLegacy", "true");
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "0: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_PACKAGE_INFO),
+        };
+        verify(
+            createChecker(checkConfig),
+            getSrcPath("checks/javadoc/BadCls.java"),
+            getSrcPath("checks/javadoc/BadCls.java"),
+            expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithMultipleFiles() throws Exception {
+        final Configuration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(JavadocPackageCheck.class);
+        final String path1 = getPath("javadoc/InputNoJavadoc.java");
+        final String path2 = getPath("javadoc/InputBadTag.java");
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "0: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_PACKAGE_INFO),
+        };
+        verify(
+            createChecker(checkConfig),
+            new File[] {new File(path1), new File(path2)},
+            path1,
+            expected);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBoth() throws Exception {
         final Configuration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(JavadocPackageCheck.class);