diff --git a/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g b/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
index 97b66d43..38690da9 100644
--- a/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
+++ b/smalidea/src/main/antlr3/smalideaParser.g
@@ -723,13 +723,21 @@ annotation_element
     Marker nameMarker = null;
   }
   : { nameMarker = mark(); } simple_name { nameMarker.done(SmaliElementTypes.ANNOTATION_ELEMENT_NAME); }
-    EQUAL literal
+    equal literal
   { marker.done(SmaliElementTypes.ANNOTATION_ELEMENT); };
   catch [RecognitionException re] {
     recover(input, re);
     reportError(marker, re, false);
   }
 
+equal
+  : EQUAL;
+  catch [RecognitionException re] {
+    Marker errorMarker = mark();
+    recover(input, re);
+    reportError(errorMarker, re, false);
+  }
+
 annotation
   @init {
     Marker marker = mark();
diff --git a/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.smalidea b/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.smalidea
index f508be54..4c174e9b 100644
--- a/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.smalidea
+++ b/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.smalidea
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 .annotation runtime .blah
 .end annotation
 
+.annotation runtime Lblah;
+ blah .blah .blah
+.end annotation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.txt b/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.txt
index aa918b2d..b1764de2 100644
--- a/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.txt
+++ b/smalidea/testData/InvalidAnnotation.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,24 @@ smali.FILE
       PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
       PsiElement(ANNOTATION_PARAMETER_LIST)
         <empty list>
+      PsiElement(END_ANNOTATION_DIRECTIVE)('.end annotation')
+    PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
+    SmaliAnnotation(ANNOTATION)
+      PsiElement(ANNOTATION_DIRECTIVE)('.annotation')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(ANNOTATION_VISIBILITY)('runtime')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(CLASS_TYPE)
+        PsiElement(CLASS_DESCRIPTOR)('Lblah;')
+      PsiWhiteSpace('\n ')
+      PsiElement(ANNOTATION_PARAMETER_LIST)
+        PsiElement(ANNOTATION_ELEMENT)
+          PsiElement(ANNOTATION_ELEMENT_NAME)
+            PsiElement(SIMPLE_NAME)('blah')
+          PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+          PsiErrorElement:mismatched input '.blah' expecting EQUAL
+            PsiElement(BAD_CHARACTER)('.blah')
+            PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+            PsiElement(BAD_CHARACTER)('.blah')
+      PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
       PsiElement(END_ANNOTATION_DIRECTIVE)('.end annotation')
\ No newline at end of file