diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/AST.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/AST.scala
index ba8c15c..ef46f53 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/AST.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/AST.scala
@@ -29,17 +29,22 @@ trait AST { this: TransformCake =>
     var firstConstructor: Boolean) extends Templ {
 
     def sig: String = {
-      s"""
-         |${addAnnotations}
-         |${pattern(name, access)}""".stripMargin
+      s"$addAnnotations${pattern(name, access)}"
     }
 
     def file = filepattern(name)
 
-    private def addAnnotations: String = sym.annotations
-      .filter(a => allowedAnnotations.contains(a.symbol.fullName('.')))
-      .map { a => s"@${a.symbol.fullName('.')}" }
-      .mkString(System.lineSeparator())
+    private def addAnnotations: String = {
+      val annotations = sym.annotations
+        .filter(a => allowedAnnotations.contains(a.symbol.fullName('.')))
+        .map { a => s"@${a.symbol.fullName('.')}" }
+        .mkString(System.lineSeparator())
+      if (!annotations.isEmpty) {
+        annotations + System.lineSeparator()
+      } else {
+        annotations
+      }
+    }
 
     def addMember(t: Templ) = copy(members = members :+ t)
 
@@ -105,16 +110,21 @@ trait AST { this: TransformCake =>
 
   case class MethodInfo(access: String, pattern: String => String, ret: String, name: String, comment: Seq[String], d: Option[DefDef] = None) extends Templ {
     def sig: String = {
-      s"""
-         |${addAnnotations}
-         |${pattern(s"$ret $name")}""".stripMargin
+      s"$addAnnotations${pattern(s"$ret $name")}"
     }
 
     private def addAnnotations: String = d match {
-      case Some(definition) => definition.symbol.annotations
-        .filter(a => allowedAnnotations.contains(a.symbol.fullName('.')))
-        .map { a => s"@${a.symbol.fullName('.')}" }
-        .mkString(System.lineSeparator())
+      case Some(definition) => {
+        val annotations = definition.symbol.annotations
+          .filter(a => allowedAnnotations.contains(a.symbol.fullName('.')))
+          .map { a => s"@${a.symbol.fullName('.')}" }
+          .mkString(System.lineSeparator())
+        if (!annotations.isEmpty) {
+          annotations + System.lineSeparator()
+        } else {
+          annotations
+        }
+      }
       case None => ""
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/Plugin.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/Plugin.scala
index 6910642..37c7af6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/Plugin.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/Plugin.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class GenJavadocPlugin(val global: Global) extends Plugin {
 
   private object MyComponent extends PluginComponent with Transform {
 
+    import global._
+
     type GT = GenJavadocPlugin.this.global.type
 
     override val global: GT = GenJavadocPlugin.this.global
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/resources/expected_output/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.java b/plugin/src/test/resources/expected_output/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65bfee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/resources/expected_output/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package akka;
+@java.lang.SuppressWarnings
+public class WithAnnotation {
+    public WithAnnotation () { throw new RuntimeException(); }
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/resources/input/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.scala b/plugin/src/test/resources/input/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f783737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/test/resources/input/basic/akka/WithAnnotation.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package akka
+
+@SuppressWarnings(value=Array(""))
+class WithAnnotation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/BasicSpec.scala b/plugin/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/BasicSpec.scala
index dd1d889..782ed12 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/BasicSpec.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/test/scala/com/typesafe/genjavadoc/BasicSpec.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ object BasicSpec {
 /** Test basic behaviour of genjavadoc with standard settings */
 class BasicSpec extends CompilerSpec {
 
+  override def extraSettings: Seq[String] = Seq("annotations=java.lang.SuppressWarnings")
   override def sources = BasicSpec.sources
   override def expectedPath: String = {
     val scalaVersion = scala.util.Properties.versionNumberString.split("-").head