--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationInvocationHandler.java	Thu Jun 16 09:09:53 2016 -0300
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/reflect/annotation/AnnotationInvocationHandler.java	Thu Jun 16 13:00:34 2016 -0700
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         // Handle Object and Annotation methods
         if (member.equals("equals") && paramTypes.length == 1 &&
             paramTypes[0] == Object.class)
-            return equalsImpl(args[0]);
+            return equalsImpl(proxy, args[0]);
         if (paramTypes.length != 0)
             throw new AssertionError("Too many parameters for an annotation method");
 
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@
     /**
      * Implementation of dynamicProxy.equals(Object o)
      */
-    private Boolean equalsImpl(Object o) {
-        if (o == this)
+    private Boolean equalsImpl(Object proxy, Object o) {
+        if (o == proxy)
             return true;
 
         if (!type.isInstance(o))

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/annotation/EqualityTest.java	Thu Jun 16 13:00:34 2016 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8071859
+ * @summary Check annotation equality behavior against the invocation handler
+ */
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+
+@TestAnnotation
+public class EqualityTest {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        TestAnnotation annotation =
+            EqualityTest.class.getAnnotation(TestAnnotation.class);
+        InvocationHandler handler = Proxy.getInvocationHandler(annotation);
+
+        testEquality(annotation, handler,    false);
+        testEquality(annotation, annotation, true);
+        testEquality(handler,    handler,    true);
+    }
+
+    private static void testEquality(Object a, Object b, boolean expected) {
+        boolean result = a.equals(b);
+        if (result != b.equals(a) || result != expected)
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected result");
+    }
+}
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@interface TestAnnotation {
+}
+