diff --git a/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.yahooweather/.classpath b/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.yahooweather/.classpath
index 7f457fa4138..a61cba9738c 100644
--- a/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.yahooweather/.classpath
+++ b/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.yahooweather/.classpath
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="annotationpath" value="/targetplatform/eeas.jar"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="annotationpath" value="/targetplatform/eeas.jar"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42c8ec9df91..f84eb42f143 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
     <build.helper.maven.plugin.version>1.8</build.helper.maven.plugin.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <sat.version>0.4.1</sat.version>
+    <!-- TODO: insert one project that contains ALL annotations here-->
+    <eea-groupId>org.lastnpe.eea</eea-groupId>
+    <eea-artifactId>jdk-eea</eea-artifactId>
+    <eea-version>0.0.1</eea-version>
   </properties>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -199,10 +203,18 @@
                 <artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.annotation</artifactId>
                 <version>${jdt-annotations.version}</version>
               </extraClasspathElement>
+              <extraClasspathElement>
+                <!-- TODO: insert one project that contains ALL annotations here-->
+                <groupId>${eea-groupId}</groupId>
+                <artifactId>${eea-artifactId}</artifactId>
+                <version>${eea-version}</version>
+              </extraClasspathElement>
             </extraClasspathElements>
             <compilerArgs>
               <!--<arg>-err:+nullAnnot(org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault),+inheritNullAnnot</arg>-->
-              <arg>-warn:+nullAnnot(org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault),+null,+inheritNullAnnot,+nullAnnotConflict,+nullUncheckedConversion,+nullAnnotRedundant,+nullDereference</arg>
+              <arg>-warn:+null,+nullAnnot(org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull|org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault),+inheritNullAnnot,+nullAnnotConflict,+nullUncheckedConversion,+nullAnnotRedundant,+nullDereference</arg>
+              <arg>-annotationpath</arg>
+              <arg>CLASSPATH</arg>
             </compilerArgs>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
@@ -583,4 +595,13 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${eea-groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>${eea-artifactId}</artifactId>
+      <version>${eea-version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+ </dependencies>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/targetplatform/.gitignore b/targetplatform/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c86cca589ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/targetplatform/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/eeas.jar
diff --git a/targetplatform/DownloadEEAs.launch b/targetplatform/DownloadEEAs.launch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..085b0fd0de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/targetplatform/DownloadEEAs.launch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.m2e.Maven2LaunchConfigurationType">
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_DEBUG_OUTPUT" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_GOALS" value="process-resources"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_NON_RECURSIVE" value="false"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_OFFLINE" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_PROFILES" value=""/>
+<listAttribute key="M2_PROPERTIES"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_RUNTIME" value="EMBEDDED"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_SKIP_TESTS" value="false"/>
+<intAttribute key="M2_THREADS" value="1"/>
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_USER_SETTINGS" value=""/>
+<booleanAttribute key="M2_WORKSPACE_RESOLUTION" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER" value="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JRE for JavaSE-1.8"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="${workspace_loc:/targetplatform}"/>
+</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/targetplatform/EclipseSmartHome.setup b/targetplatform/EclipseSmartHome.setup
index 4c0ecd0b1b0..0712acd4f71 100644
--- a/targetplatform/EclipseSmartHome.setup
+++ b/targetplatform/EclipseSmartHome.setup
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       <setupTask
           xsi:type="setup:PreferenceTask"
           key="/instance/org.eclipse.jdt.core/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.nullUncheckedConversion"
-          value="ignore"/>
+          value="warning"/>
       <setupTask
           xsi:type="setup:PreferenceTask"
           key="/instance/org.eclipse.jdt.core/org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.parameterAssignment"
@@ -2422,6 +2422,12 @@
           rootFolder="${git.clone.eclipsesmarthome.location/products}"
           locateNestedProjects="true"/>
     </setupTask>
+    <setupTask
+        xsi:type="launching:LaunchTask"
+        id="launch.smarthome.downloadEEAs"
+        launcher="DownloadEEAs">
+      <description>Downloads Eclipse External Annotations and places them into eeas.jar in targetplatform</description>
+    </setupTask>
     <setupTask
         xsi:type="pde:TargetPlatformTask"
         id="smarthome.target"
diff --git a/targetplatform/pom.xml b/targetplatform/pom.xml
index ce85cfc3dfa..def3df4c491 100644
--- a/targetplatform/pom.xml
+++ b/targetplatform/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,35 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>download-copy-eeas</id>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactItems>
+                <artifactItem>
+                  <groupId>${eea-groupId}</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>${eea-artifactId}</artifactId>
+                  <version>${eea-version}</version>
+                  <type>jar</type>
+                  <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+                  <outputDirectory>${basedir}</outputDirectory>
+                  <destFileName>eeas.jar</destFileName>
+                </artifactItem>
+              </artifactItems>
+              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+              <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>