diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.java b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.java
index a7d4484d33..277d75880c 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.java
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/AnnotationsTests.java
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ public void testLocalAnnotationClassLiteral() {
         runConformTest(sources);
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-8063
     public void testLocalAnnotationClassLiteral2() {
         //@formatter:off
         String[] sources = {
@@ -1104,17 +1104,7 @@ public void testLocalAnnotationClassLiteral2() {
         };
         //@formatter:on
 
-        runNegativeTest(sources, "----------\n" +
-            "1. ERROR in Main.groovy (at line 1)\n" +
-            "\t@Anno(Inner)\n" +
-            "\t      ^^^^^\n" +
-            "Inner cannot be resolved\n" +
-            "----------\n" +
-            "2. ERROR in Main.groovy (at line 1)\n" +
-            "\t@Anno(Inner)\n" +
-            "\t      ^^^^^\n" +
-            "Inner cannot be resolved or is not a field\n" +
-            "----------\n");
+        runNegativeTest(sources, "");
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/InnerClassTests.java b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/InnerClassTests.java
index fe5a2817dd..9cabe09aea 100644
--- a/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/InnerClassTests.java
+++ b/base-test/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core.tests.compiler/src/org/eclipse/jdt/groovy/core/tests/basic/InnerClassTests.java
@@ -159,6 +159,30 @@ public void testInnerTypeReferencing6() {
         runConformTest(sources, "VALUE");
     }
 
+    @Test // https://github.com/groovy/groovy-eclipse/issues/1300
+    public void testInnerTypeReferencing7() {
+        //@formatter:off
+        String[] sources = {
+            "Main.java",
+            "public class Main {\n" +
+            "  public static void main(String[] args) {\n" +
+            "    Outer.Inner result = new Outer().getResult();\n" +
+            "  }\n" +
+            "}\n",
+
+            "Types.groovy",
+            "class Outer extends Type<Inner> {\n" + // unqualified reference to Inner
+            "  static class Inner { }\n" +
+            "}\n" +
+            "abstract class Type<T> {\n" +
+            "  T result\n" +
+            "}\n",
+        };
+        //@formatter:on
+
+        runConformTest(sources);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testInnerClass1() {
         //@formatter:off
diff --git a/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/src/org/codehaus/jdt/groovy/internal/compiler/ast/GroovyCompilationUnitScope.java b/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/src/org/codehaus/jdt/groovy/internal/compiler/ast/GroovyCompilationUnitScope.java
index adcc00b5be..dbbac0623b 100644
--- a/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/src/org/codehaus/jdt/groovy/internal/compiler/ast/GroovyCompilationUnitScope.java
+++ b/base/org.eclipse.jdt.groovy.core/src/org/codehaus/jdt/groovy/internal/compiler/ast/GroovyCompilationUnitScope.java
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ protected ImportBinding[] getDefaultImports() {
              *   static class Inner {}
              * }
              */
-            //for (SourceTypeBinding topLevelType : topLevelTypes) {
-            //    if (topLevelType.hasMemberTypes()) // add synthetic import to help resolve inner types
-            //        importBindings.add(new ImportBinding(topLevelType.compoundName, true, topLevelType, null));
-            //}
+            for (SourceTypeBinding topLevelType : topLevelTypes) {
+                if (topLevelType.hasMemberTypes()) // add synthetic import to help resolve inner types
+                    importBindings.add(new ImportBinding(topLevelType.compoundName, true, topLevelType, null));
+            }
 
             defaultGroovyImports = importBindings.toArray(new ImportBinding[importBindings.size()]);
         }