diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9136e7ebca5..6c24cda42411 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ out
 test-output
 atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 .gradletasknamecache
+/.nb-gradle/
+
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
index b7ed7e8ec203..502630baf87e 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
@@ -581,21 +581,46 @@ private static <A extends Annotation> A searchOnInterfaces(Method method, Class<
 		A annotation = null;
 		for (Class<?> iface : ifcs) {
 			if (isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(iface)) {
-				try {
-					Method equivalentMethod = iface.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+				Method equivalentMethod = findMethodWithMatchingParameters(iface, method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+				if (equivalentMethod != null) {
 					annotation = getAnnotation(equivalentMethod, annotationType);
-				}
-				catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
-					// Skip this interface - it doesn't have the method...
-				}
-				if (annotation != null) {
-					break;
+					if (annotation != null) {
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		return annotation;
 	}
 
+	private static Method findMethodWithMatchingParameters(Class<?> cls, String methodName, Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
+		try {
+			// first try exact match
+			return cls.getMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);
+		} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+			// then look for method with assignable parameters
+			for (Method method : cls.getMethods()) {
+				if (method.getName().equals(methodName) &&
+					method.getParameterCount() == parameterTypes.length &&
+					parametersAreAssignable(parameterTypes, method)) {
+						return method;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// return null if there is no match
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static boolean parametersAreAssignable(Class<?>[] parameterTypes, Method method) {
+		for (int j = 0; j < parameterTypes.length; j++) {
+			if (!method.getParameterTypes()[j].isAssignableFrom(parameterTypes[j])) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	static boolean isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> iface) {
 		Boolean found = annotatedInterfaceCache.get(iface);
 		if (found != null) {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
index 92e00fccb192..d4c16c9823d6 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ public void findMethodAnnotationFromInterface() throws Exception {
 		assertNotNull(order);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void findMethodAnnotationFromGenericInterfaceSuper() throws Exception {
+		Method method = ImplementsInterfaceWithGenericAnnotatedMethod.class.getMethod("foo", String.class);
+		Order order = findAnnotation(method, Order.class);
+		assertNotNull(order);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void findMethodAnnotationFromInterfaceOnSuper() throws Exception {
 		Method method = SubOfImplementsInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethod.class.getMethod("foo");
@@ -1755,6 +1762,17 @@ public static class TransactionalAndOrderedClass extends TransactionalClass {
 	public static class SubTransactionalAndOrderedClass extends TransactionalAndOrderedClass {
 	}
 
+	public static interface InterfaceWithGenericAnnotatedMethod<T> {
+		@Order
+		void foo(T t);
+	}
+
+	public static class ImplementsInterfaceWithGenericAnnotatedMethod implements InterfaceWithGenericAnnotatedMethod<String> {
+		public void foo(String t) {
+			// no body in test method
+		}
+	}
+
 	public interface InterfaceWithAnnotatedMethod {
 
 		@Order