diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
index abe851e9a..874c6aa3e 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.g
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ field!
 		)
 
     // "static { ... }" class initializer
-	|	"static" s3:compoundStatement
+	|	"static" {ver.reportStartMethodBlock();} s3:compoundStatement {ver.reportEndMethodBlock();}
 		{#field = #(#[STATIC_INIT,"STATIC_INIT"], s3);}
 
     // "{ ... }" instance initializer
-	|	s4:compoundStatement
+	|	{ver.reportStartMethodBlock();} s4:compoundStatement {ver.reportEndMethodBlock();}
 		{#field = #(#[INSTANCE_INIT,"INSTANCE_INIT"], s4);}
 	;
 
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputTags.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputTags.java
index 9623f4523..a17f932e9 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputTags.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputTags.java
@@ -90,5 +90,16 @@ class InputTags
     {
         return 0;
     }
+
+    // Test static initialiser
+    static
+    {
+        int x = 1; // should not require any javadoc
+    }
+
+    // test initialiser
+    {
+        int z = 2; // should not require any javadoc
+    }
 }