diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTag.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTag.java
index 2e457802c5d..ab2d1d93516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocTag.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public boolean isInheritDocTag() {
     public boolean canReferenceImports() {
         return tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.SEE
                 || tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.LINK
+                || tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.VALUE
                 || tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.LINKPLAIN
                 || tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.THROWS
                 || tagInfo == JavadocTagInfo.EXCEPTION;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportsCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportsCheckTest.java
index e598fb5e9db..e8c6c4d1aad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportsCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/UnusedImportsCheckTest.java
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ public void testProcessJavadoc() throws Exception {
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputUnusedImports.java"), expected);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessJavadocWithLinkTag() throws Exception {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(UnusedImportsCheck.class);
+        final String[] expected = CommonUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputUnusedImportWithValueTag.java"), expected);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testAnnotations() throws Exception {
         final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(UnusedImportsCheck.class);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/InputUnusedImportWithValueTag.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/InputUnusedImportWithValueTag.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80b42ef23e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/InputUnusedImportWithValueTag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+public class InputUnusedImportWithValueTag {
+
+    /**
+     * Method determines current month as for {@value Calendar#MONTH}.
+     *
+     * @return index of the current month.
+     */
+    public int currentMonth() {
+        return 1;
+    }
+}