diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
index 5709112f7..6b8a3906e 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDConfig.ml
@@ -603,6 +603,11 @@ module Models = struct
     is_call_of_class_or_superclass ["android.accounts.AccountManager"] "setUserData"
 
 
+  let is_asyncTask_get_without_timeout =
+    let actuals_pred actuals = Int.equal 1 (List.length actuals) in
+    is_call_of_class_or_superclass ~actuals_pred ["android.os.AsyncTask"] "get"
+
+
   let may_block =
     let matchers =
       [ is_blocking_java_io
@@ -610,7 +615,8 @@ module Models = struct
       ; is_two_way_binder_transact
       ; is_getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame
       ; is_future_get
-      ; is_accountManager_setUserData ]
+      ; is_accountManager_setUserData
+      ; is_asyncTask_get_without_timeout ]
     in
     fun tenv pn actuals -> List.exists matchers ~f:(fun matcher -> matcher tenv pn actuals)
 end
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AsyncTaskGet.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AsyncTaskGet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aca27677e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AsyncTaskGet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import android.support.annotation.UiThread;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+
+class AsyncTaskGet {
+  CountTask task;
+  Object lock;
+
+  @UiThread
+  void taskGetOnUiThreadBad() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    task.get();
+  }
+
+  @UiThread
+  void taskGetWithTimeoutOnUiThreadOk()
+    throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    task.get(1000, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+  }
+
+  @UiThread
+  void lockOnUiThreadBad() {
+    synchronized(lock) {}
+  }
+
+  void taskGetUnderLock() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    synchronized(lock) {
+      task.get();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void taskGetonBGThreadOk() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    task.get();
+  }
+}
+
+class CountTask extends AsyncTask<Integer, Void, Long> {
+   protected Long doInBackground(Integer... ints) {
+     long totalSize = 0;
+     for (int i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
+       totalSize += ints[i];
+       if (isCancelled()) break;
+     }
+     return totalSize;
+   }
+ }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
index 518cd9e6b..9218d3876 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AccMgr.java, void AccMgr.lockOnUiThreadBad(), 26, STARVATION, ERROR, [[Trace 1]  void AccMgr.lockOnUiThreadBad(),locks `this.AccMgr.lock` in class `AccMgr*`,[Trace 2]  void AccMgr.setUserDataUnderLock(),locks `this.AccMgr.lock` in class `AccMgr*`,calls void AccountManager.setUserData(Account,String,String) from void AccMgr.setUserDataUnderLock()]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AccMgr.java, void AccMgr.onUiThreadBad(), 21, STARVATION, ERROR, [ void AccMgr.onUiThreadBad(),calls void AccountManager.setUserData(Account,String,String) from void AccMgr.onUiThreadBad()]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AsyncTaskGet.java, void AsyncTaskGet.lockOnUiThreadBad(), 32, STARVATION, ERROR, [[Trace 1]  void AsyncTaskGet.lockOnUiThreadBad(),locks `this.AsyncTaskGet.lock` in class `AsyncTaskGet*`,[Trace 2]  void AsyncTaskGet.taskGetUnderLock(),locks `this.AsyncTaskGet.lock` in class `AsyncTaskGet*`,calls Object AsyncTask.get() from void AsyncTaskGet.taskGetUnderLock()]
+codetoanalyze/java/starvation/AsyncTaskGet.java, void AsyncTaskGet.taskGetOnUiThreadBad(), 21, STARVATION, ERROR, [ void AsyncTaskGet.taskGetOnUiThreadBad(),calls Object AsyncTask.get() from void AsyncTaskGet.taskGetOnUiThreadBad()]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Binders.java, void Binders.annotationBad(), 36, STARVATION, ERROR, [ void Binders.annotationBad(),Method call: void Binders.doTransact(),calls boolean Binder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int) from void Binders.doTransact()]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Binders.java, void Binders.interBad(), 25, STARVATION, ERROR, [ void Binders.interBad(),calls boolean Binder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int) from void Binders.interBad()]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Binders.java, void Binders.intraBad(), 30, STARVATION, ERROR, [ void Binders.intraBad(),Method call: void Binders.doTransact(),calls boolean Binder.transact(int,Parcel,Parcel,int) from void Binders.doTransact()]