diff --git a/src/main/java/javax/validation/Constraint.java b/src/main/java/javax/validation/Constraint.java
index 860ee0b8..c6f0eb40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/javax/validation/Constraint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/javax/validation/Constraint.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
 
-
 /**
  * Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.
  * <p/>
@@ -40,10 +39,10 @@
 public @interface Constraint {
 	/**
 	 * {@code ConstraintValidator} classes must reference distinct target types.
-	 * If two {@code ConstraintValidator} refer to the same type,
+	 * If two {@code ConstraintValidator}s refer to the same type,
 	 * an exception will occur.
 	 *
 	 * @return array of ConstraintValidator classes implementing the constraint
 	 */
-	public Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>>[] validatedBy();
+	Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>>[] validatedBy();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/javax/validation/CrossParameterConstraint.java b/src/main/java/javax/validation/CrossParameterConstraint.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98833dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/javax/validation/CrossParameterConstraint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
+ * Copyright 2012, Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates, and individual contributors
+ * by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a
+ * full listing of individual contributors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package javax.validation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * Link between a cross-parameter constraint annotation and its constraint
+ * validation implementation.
+ *
+ * @author Gunnar Morling
+ */
+@Documented
+@Target({ ANNOTATION_TYPE })
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+public @interface CrossParameterConstraint {
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link ConstraintValidator} class for the annotated
+	 * cross-parameter constraint. The validator's type parameter {@code T} must
+	 * resolve to {@code Object[]}.
+	 *
+	 * @return Constraint validator class implementing the constraint
+	 */
+	Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> validatedBy();
+}