diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/StdNames.scala b/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/StdNames.scala
index 0cdf65bd8f72..bd4d9a9f3486 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/StdNames.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/reflect/internal/StdNames.scala
@@ -766,7 +766,6 @@ trait StdNames {
   object fulltpnme extends TypeNames {
     val RuntimeNothing: NameType = "scala.runtime.Nothing$"
     val RuntimeNull: NameType    = "scala.runtime.Null$"
-    val JavaLangEnum: NameType   = "java.lang.Enum"
   }
 
   /** Java binary names, like scala/runtime/Nothing$.
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/javac/JavaParsers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/javac/JavaParsers.scala
index 5c413243e8e2..f71e0673662e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/javac/JavaParsers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/javac/JavaParsers.scala
@@ -872,7 +872,10 @@ trait JavaParsers extends ast.parser.ParsersCommon with JavaScanners {
           skipAhead()
           accept(RBRACE)
         }
-        ValDef(Modifiers(Flags.JAVA | Flags.STATIC), name, enumType, blankExpr)
+        // The STABLE flag is to signal to namer that this was read from a
+        // java enum, and so should be given a Constant type (thereby making
+        // it usable in annotations.)
+        ValDef(Modifiers(Flags.STABLE | Flags.JAVA | Flags.STATIC), name, enumType, blankExpr)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Namers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Namers.scala
index ca4b1d3de8bd..e4b744dffc1e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Namers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Namers.scala
@@ -567,7 +567,15 @@ trait Namers extends MethodSynthesis {
         assignAndEnterFinishedSymbol(tree)
       else
         enterGetterSetter(tree)
+
+      // When java enums are read from bytecode, they are known to have
+      // constant types by the jvm flag and assigned accordingly.  When
+      // they are read from source, the java parser marks them with the
+      // STABLE flag, and now we receive that signal.
+      if (tree.symbol hasAllFlags STABLE | JAVA)
+        tree.symbol setInfo ConstantType(Constant(tree.symbol))
     }
+
     def enterLazyVal(tree: ValDef, lazyAccessor: Symbol): TermSymbol = {
       // If the owner is not a class, this is a lazy val from a method,
       // with no associated field.  It has an accessor with $lzy appended to its name and
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t2764/Ann.java b/test/files/pos/t2764/Ann.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..184fc6e864c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t2764/Ann.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package bippy;
+
+public @interface Ann {
+  Enum value();
+}
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t2764/Enum.java b/test/files/pos/t2764/Enum.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe0755953548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t2764/Enum.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package bippy;
+
+public enum Enum {
+  VALUE;
+}
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t2764/Use.scala b/test/files/pos/t2764/Use.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cf810270944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t2764/Use.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package bippy
+
+class Use {
+  @Ann(Enum.VALUE)
+  def foo {}
+}