diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/StdNames.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/StdNames.scala
index b4983df55b0b..58fdc137e6bf 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/StdNames.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/StdNames.scala
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ object StdNames {
     final val ELSEkw: N         = kw("else")
     final val ENUMkw: N         = kw("enum")
     final val EXTENDSkw: N      = kw("extends")
+    final val FALSEkw: N        = kw("false")
     final val FINALkw: N        = kw("final")
     final val FINALLYkw: N      = kw("finally")
     final val FLOATkw: N        = kw("float")
@@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ object StdNames {
     final val THROWkw: N        = kw("throw")
     final val THROWSkw: N       = kw("throws")
     final val TRANSIENTkw: N    = kw("transient")
+    final val TRUEkw: N         = kw("true")
     final val TRYkw: N          = kw("try")
     final val VOIDkw: N         = kw("void")
     final val VOLATILEkw: N     = kw("volatile")
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
index 9e41cff04106..fed445077d8a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaParsers.scala
@@ -601,9 +601,53 @@ object JavaParsers {
 
     def varDecl(mods: Modifiers, tpt: Tree, name: TermName): ValDef = {
       val tpt1 = optArrayBrackets(tpt)
-      if (in.token == EQUALS && !mods.is(Flags.Param)) skipTo(COMMA, SEMI)
+      /** Tries to detect final static literals syntactically and returns a constant type replacement */
+      def optConstantTpe(): Tree = {
+        def constantTpe(const: Constant): Tree = TypeTree(ConstantType(const))
+
+        def forConst(const: Constant): Tree = {
+          if (in.token != SEMI) tpt1
+          else {
+            def isStringTyped = tpt1 match {
+              case Ident(n: TypeName) => "String" == n.toString
+              case _ => false
+            }
+            if (const.tag == Constants.StringTag && isStringTyped) constantTpe(const)
+            else tpt1 match {
+              case TypedSplice(tpt2) =>
+                if (const.tag == Constants.BooleanTag || const.isNumeric) {
+                  //for example, literal 'a' is ok for float. 127 is ok for byte, but 128 is not.
+                  val converted = const.convertTo(tpt2.tpe)
+                  if (converted == null) tpt1
+                  else constantTpe(converted)
+                }
+                else tpt1
+              case _ => tpt1
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        in.nextToken() // EQUALS
+        if (mods.is(Flags.JavaStatic) && mods.is(Flags.Final)) {
+          val neg = in.token match {
+            case MINUS | BANG => in.nextToken(); true
+            case _ => false
+          }
+          tryLiteral(neg).map(forConst).getOrElse(tpt1)
+        }
+        else tpt1
+      }
+
+      val tpt2: Tree =
+        if (in.token == EQUALS && !mods.is(Flags.Param)) {
+          val res = optConstantTpe()
+          skipTo(COMMA, SEMI)
+          res
+        }
+        else tpt1
+
       val mods1 = if (mods.is(Flags.Final)) mods else mods | Flags.Mutable
-      ValDef(name, tpt1, if (mods.is(Flags.Param)) EmptyTree else unimplementedExpr).withMods(mods1)
+      ValDef(name, tpt2, if (mods.is(Flags.Param)) EmptyTree else unimplementedExpr).withMods(mods1)
     }
 
     def memberDecl(start: Offset, mods: Modifiers, parentToken: Int, parentTParams: List[TypeDef]): List[Tree] = in.token match {
@@ -881,6 +925,25 @@ object JavaParsers {
       case _         => in.nextToken(); syntaxError("illegal start of type declaration", skipIt = true); List(errorTypeTree)
     }
 
+    def tryLiteral(negate: Boolean = false): Option[Constant] = {
+      val l = in.token match {
+        case TRUE      => !negate
+        case FALSE     => negate
+        case CHARLIT   => in.strVal.charAt(0)
+        case INTLIT    => in.intVal(negate).toInt
+        case LONGLIT   => in.intVal(negate)
+        case FLOATLIT  => in.floatVal(negate).toFloat
+        case DOUBLELIT => in.floatVal(negate)
+        case STRINGLIT => in.strVal
+        case _         => null
+      }
+      if (l == null) None
+      else {
+        in.nextToken()
+        Some(Constant(l))
+      }
+    }
+
     /** CompilationUnit ::= [package QualId semi] TopStatSeq
       */
     def compilationUnit(): Tree = {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaScanners.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaScanners.scala
index 0e437d9d0a49..bef78f06e9f0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaScanners.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/JavaScanners.scala
@@ -479,6 +479,54 @@ object JavaScanners {
       setStrVal()
     }
 
+    /** convert name to long value
+     */
+    def intVal(negated: Boolean): Long =
+      if (token == CHARLIT && !negated)
+        if (strVal.length > 0) strVal.charAt(0).toLong else 0
+      else {
+        var value: Long = 0
+        val divider = if (base == 10) 1 else 2
+        val limit: Long =
+          if (token == LONGLIT) Long.MaxValue else Int.MaxValue
+        var i = 0
+        val len = strVal.length
+        while (i < len) {
+          val d = digit2int(strVal.charAt(i), base)
+          if (d < 0) {
+            error("malformed integer number")
+            return 0
+          }
+          if (value < 0 ||
+              limit / (base / divider) < value ||
+              limit - (d / divider) < value * (base / divider) &&
+              !(negated && limit == value * base - 1 + d)) {
+                error("integer number too large")
+                return 0
+              }
+          value = value * base + d
+          i += 1
+        }
+        if (negated) -value else value
+      }
+
+    /** convert name, base to double value
+     */
+    def floatVal(negated: Boolean): Double = {
+      val limit: Double =
+        if (token == DOUBLELIT) Double.MaxValue else Float.MaxValue
+      try {
+        val value: Double = java.lang.Double.valueOf(strVal.toString).doubleValue()
+        if (value > limit)
+          error("floating point number too large")
+        if (negated) -value else value
+      } catch {
+        case _: NumberFormatException =>
+          error("malformed floating point number")
+          0.0
+      }
+    }
+
     /** read a number into name and set base
       */
     protected def getNumber(): Unit = {
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/AnnotationTest.scala b/tests/pos/t3236/AnnotationTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2f9ae7837f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/AnnotationTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+trait AnnotationTest {
+  @BooleanAnnotation(Constants.BooleanTrue)
+  @ByteAnnotation(Constants.Byte)
+  @CharAnnotation(Constants.Char)
+  @ShortAnnotation(Constants.Short)
+  @IntAnnotation(Constants.Int)
+  @LongAnnotation(Constants.Long)
+  @FloatAnnotation(Constants.Float)
+  @DoubleAnnotation(Constants.Double)
+  @StringAnnotation(Constants.String)
+  def test1: Unit
+
+  @BooleanAnnotation(Constants.InvertedBoolean)
+  @ByteAnnotation(Constants.NegativeByte)
+  @ShortAnnotation(Constants.NegativeShort)
+  @IntAnnotation(Constants.NegativeInt)
+  @LongAnnotation(Constants.NegativeLong)
+  @FloatAnnotation(Constants.NegativeFloat)
+  @DoubleAnnotation(Constants.NegativeDouble)
+  @StringAnnotation(Constants.NegativeString)
+  def test2: Unit
+
+  @BooleanAnnotation(Constants.BooleanFalse)
+  @ByteAnnotation(Constants.LiteralCharAsByte)
+  @CharAnnotation(Constants.LiteralChar)
+  @ShortAnnotation(Constants.LiteralCharAsShort)
+  @IntAnnotation(Constants.LiteralCharAsInt)
+  @LongAnnotation(Constants.LiteralCharAsLong)
+  def test3: Unit
+
+  @LongAnnotation(Constants.LiteralIntAsLong)
+  def test4: Unit
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/BooleanAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/BooleanAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e57a5e0dbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/BooleanAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface BooleanAnnotation {
+    boolean value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/ByteAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/ByteAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c986fa5d27d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/ByteAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface ByteAnnotation {
+    byte value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/CharAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/CharAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1715f1b7de39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/CharAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface CharAnnotation {
+    char value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/Constants.java b/tests/pos/t3236/Constants.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16b4001f7694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/Constants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+public class Constants {
+    public static final boolean BooleanTrue = true;
+    public static final boolean BooleanFalse = false;
+    public static final boolean InvertedBoolean = !true;
+
+    public static final byte Byte = 23;
+    public static final byte NegativeByte = -42;
+    public static final byte LiteralCharAsByte = 'a';
+
+    public static final char Char = 33;
+    public static final char LiteralChar = 'b';
+
+    public static final short Short = 0x1234;
+    public static final short NegativeShort= -0x5678;
+    public static final short LiteralCharAsShort = 'c';
+
+    public static final int Int = 0xabcdef;
+    public static final int NegativeInt = -12345678;
+    public static final int LiteralCharAsInt = 'd';
+
+    public static final long Long = 0x1234567890abcdefL;
+    public static final long NegativeLong = -0xfedcba09876L;
+    public static final long LiteralCharAsLong = 'e';
+    public static final long LiteralIntAsLong = 0x12345678;
+
+    public static final float Float = 42.232323f;
+    public static final float NegativeFloat = -3.1415f;
+
+    public static final double Double = 23.4243598374594d;
+    public static final double NegativeDouble = -42.2324358934589734859d;
+
+    public static final String String = "testConstant";
+    public static final String NegativeString = "!#!$!grml%!%!$#@@@";
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/DoubleAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/DoubleAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1eb8223f4e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/DoubleAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface DoubleAnnotation {
+    double value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/FloatAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/FloatAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c723a25fada5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/FloatAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface FloatAnnotation {
+    float value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/IntAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/IntAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ffad8890cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/IntAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface IntAnnotation {
+    int value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/LongAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/LongAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f80b4139859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/LongAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface LongAnnotation {
+    long value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/ShortAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/ShortAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0a35892c750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/ShortAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface ShortAnnotation {
+    short value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/StringAnnotation.java b/tests/pos/t3236/StringAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fdc1ead3815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/StringAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface StringAnnotation {
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/t3236/Test.scala b/tests/pos/t3236/Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efb24119d92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/t3236/Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import scala.reflect.Selectable.reflectiveSelectable
+
+object Test extends App {
+  val theClass = classOf[AnnotationTest]
+
+  def annotation[T <: java.lang.annotation.Annotation](annotationClass: Class[T], methodName: String): T =
+    theClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName)
+      .getAnnotation[T](annotationClass)
+
+  def check[T, U <: java.lang.annotation.Annotation & { def value(): T } ](annotationClass: Class[U], methodName: String, expected: T): Unit = {
+    val a = annotation(annotationClass, methodName)
+    assert(a != null, s"No annotation of type $annotationClass found on method $methodName")
+    assert(a.value() == expected, s"Actual value of annotation $a on $methodName was not of expected value $expected")
+  }
+
+  check(classOf[BooleanAnnotation], "test1", Constants.BooleanTrue)
+  check(classOf[ByteAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Byte)
+  check(classOf[CharAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Char)
+  check(classOf[ShortAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Short)
+  check(classOf[IntAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Int)
+  check(classOf[LongAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Long)
+  check(classOf[FloatAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Float)
+  check(classOf[DoubleAnnotation], "test1", Constants.Double)
+  check(classOf[StringAnnotation], "test1", Constants.String)
+
+  check(classOf[BooleanAnnotation], "test2", Constants.InvertedBoolean)
+  check(classOf[ByteAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeByte)
+  // no negative char possible
+  check(classOf[ShortAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeShort)
+  check(classOf[IntAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeInt)
+  check(classOf[LongAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeLong)
+  check(classOf[FloatAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeFloat)
+  check(classOf[DoubleAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeDouble)
+  check(classOf[StringAnnotation], "test2", Constants.NegativeString)
+
+  check(classOf[BooleanAnnotation], "test3", Constants.BooleanFalse)
+  check(classOf[ByteAnnotation], "test3", Constants.LiteralCharAsByte)
+  check(classOf[CharAnnotation], "test3", Constants.LiteralChar)
+  check(classOf[ShortAnnotation], "test3", Constants.LiteralCharAsShort)
+  check(classOf[IntAnnotation], "test3", Constants.LiteralCharAsInt)
+  check(classOf[LongAnnotation], "test3", Constants.LiteralCharAsLong)
+
+  check(classOf[LongAnnotation], "test4", Constants.LiteralIntAsLong)
+}