diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
index cb777ef53..91db797b8 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ module TransferFunctions (CFG : ProcCfg.S) = struct
         let typename = Typ.Name.Java.from_string (Typ.Procname.java_get_class_name java_pname) in
         let is_container_write_ typename _ =
           match Typ.Name.name typename, Typ.Procname.java_get_method java_pname with
+          | ("android.util.SparseArray" | "android.support.v4.util.SparseArrayCompat"),
+            ("append" | "clear" | "delete" | "put" | "remove" | "removeAt" | "removeAtRange"
+            | "setValueAt") -> true
           | "java.util.List", ("add" | "addAll" | "clear" | "remove" | "set") -> true
           | "java.util.Map", ("clear" | "put" | "putAll" | "remove") -> true
           | _ -> false in
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java
index 0b791a9e2..2f03911af 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 
 import android.support.v4.util.Pools.SynchronizedPool;
+import android.support.v4.util.SparseArrayCompat;
+import android.util.SparseArray;
 
 class ContainerWrapper {
   private final List<Object> children = new ArrayList<Object>();
@@ -216,4 +218,22 @@ class Containers {
     addOrCreateList(list);
   }
 
+  void addToSparseArrayCompatOk() {
+    SparseArrayCompat sparseArray = new SparseArrayCompat();
+    sparseArray.put(0, new Object());
+  }
+
+  public void addToSparseArrayCompatBad(SparseArrayCompat sparseArray) {
+    sparseArray.put(0, new Object());
+  }
+
+  public void addToSparseArrayOk() {
+    SparseArray sparseArray = new SparseArray();
+    sparseArray.put(0, new Object());
+  }
+
+  public void addToSparseArrayBad(SparseArray sparseArray) {
+    sparseArray.put(0, new Object());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/issues.exp
index 699a0cd3b..3a4b8927b 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/issues.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Builders.java, void TopLevelBuilder.setG(String)
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Constructors.java, Constructors Constructors.singletonBad(), 2, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [call to Constructors.<init>(Object),access to `Constructors.staticField`]
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Constructors.java, Constructors.<init>(), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [access to `Constructors.staticField`]
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Constructors.java, Constructors.<init>(Constructors), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [access to `Constructors.field`]
+codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java, void Containers.addToSparseArrayBad(SparseArray), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [container `&sparseArray` via call to `put`]
+codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java, void Containers.addToSparseArrayCompatBad(SparseArrayCompat), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [container `&sparseArray` via call to `put`]
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java, void Containers.containerWrapperUnownedWriteBad(Object), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [container `codetoanalyze.java.checkers.ContainerWrapper.children` via call to `add`,container `codetoanalyze.java.checkers.ContainerWrapper.children` via call to `add`,container `codetoanalyze.java.checkers.ContainerWrapper.children` via call to `add`]
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java, void Containers.listAddAllBad(Collection), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [container `codetoanalyze.java.checkers.Containers.mList` via call to `addAll`]
 codetoanalyze/java/threadsafety/Containers.java, void Containers.listAddBad1(String), 1, THREAD_SAFETY_VIOLATION, [container `codetoanalyze.java.checkers.Containers.mList` via call to `add`]