diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
index 3fcb006e8..7d4c73a4f 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ open! IStd
 
 let any_thread = "AnyThread"
 
+let auto_cleanup = "AutoCleanup"
+
 let bind = "Bind"
 
 let bind_view = "BindView"
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
index a9848f0d9..45f93f0dc 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ open! IStd
 
 val any_thread : string
 
+val auto_cleanup : string
+
 val expensive : string
 
 val inject_prop : string
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/fragmentRetainsViewChecker.ml b/infer/src/checkers/fragmentRetainsViewChecker.ml
index 1bc24156b..0bd41cbc3 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/fragmentRetainsViewChecker.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/fragmentRetainsViewChecker.ml
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ let callback_fragment_retains_view_java pname_java {Callbacks.proc_desc; summary
         let fields_nullified = PatternMatch.get_fields_nullified proc_desc in
         (* report if a field is declared by C, but not nulled out in C.onDestroyView *)
         List.iter
-          ~f:(fun (fname, fld_typ, _) ->
-            if not (Typ.Fieldname.Set.mem fname fields_nullified) then
-              report_error (Typ.mk (Tstruct class_typename)) fname fld_typ summary proc_desc )
+          ~f:(fun (fname, fld_typ, ia) ->
+            if
+              not
+                ( Annotations.ia_ends_with ia Annotations.auto_cleanup
+                || Typ.Fieldname.Set.mem fname fields_nullified )
+            then report_error (Typ.mk (Tstruct class_typename)) fname fld_typ summary proc_desc )
           declared_view_fields
     | _ ->
         ()
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/AutoCleanup.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/AutoCleanup.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a9c11346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/AutoCleanup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package codetoanalyze.java.checkers;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Target(value = ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface AutoCleanup {}
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample.java
index c1d014fdb..5e6a24d1c 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/checkers/FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample extends Fragment {
   View mView2;
   ViewGroup mViewSubclass;
   CustomView mCustomView;
+  @AutoCleanup View mWillBeCleanedUp;
 
   boolean b;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public class FragmentDoesNotRetainViewExample extends Fragment {
     mView2 = inflater.inflate(-1, container, false);
     mViewSubclass = (ViewGroup) inflater.inflate(-1, container, false);
     mCustomView = (CustomView) inflater.inflate(-1, container, false);
+    mWillBeCleanedUp = inflater.inflate(-1, container, false);
     return container;
   }