diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/annotation/AnnotationUseStyleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/annotation/AnnotationUseStyleTest.java
index 1ff08f321..024f46728 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/annotation/AnnotationUseStyleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/annotation/AnnotationUseStyleTest.java
@@ -209,4 +209,15 @@ public class AnnotationUseStyleTest extends BaseCheckTestSupport
 
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("annotation" + File.separator + "DifferentUseStyles.java"), expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAnnotationsWithoutDefaultValues() throws Exception
+    {
+        DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(AnnotationUseStyleCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("closingParens", "NEVER");
+        final String[] expected = {
+        };
+
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("annotation" + File.separator + "AnnotationsUseStyleParams.java"), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/annotation/AnnotationsUseStyleParams.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/annotation/AnnotationsUseStyleParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dde9837fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/annotation/AnnotationsUseStyleParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+public class AnnotationsUseStyleParams
+{
+    @Target({})
+    public @interface myAnn {
+        
+    }
+}