diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/FixAbstractMethodsStep.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/FixAbstractMethodsStep.cs
index aa6878fb9ec..101ecc5052b 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/FixAbstractMethodsStep.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Linker/MonoDroid.Tuner/FixAbstractMethodsStep.cs
@@ -95,8 +95,23 @@ static bool CompareTypes (TypeReference iType, TypeReference tType)
 			return true;
 		}
 
+		bool IsInOverrides (MethodDefinition iMethod, MethodDefinition tMethod)
+		{
+			if (!tMethod.HasOverrides)
+				return false;
+
+			foreach (var o in tMethod.Overrides)
+				if (o != null && iMethod == o.Resolve ())
+					return true;
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		bool HaveSameSignature (TypeReference iface, MethodDefinition iMethod, MethodDefinition tMethod)
 		{
+			if (IsInOverrides (iMethod, tMethod))
+				return true;
+
 			if (iMethod.Name != tMethod.Name && (iMethod.DeclaringType == null || (iMethod.DeclaringType.DeclaringType == null ? (string.Format ("{0}.{1}", iface.FullName, iMethod.Name) != tMethod.Name) : (string.Format ("{0}.{1}.{2}", iMethod.DeclaringType.DeclaringType, iface.Name, iMethod.Name) != tMethod.Name))))
 				return false;
 
diff --git a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv1Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv1Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
index bafe90efd21..23dce026b57 100644
--- a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv1Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
+++ b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv1Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 public interface Cursor {
     void method();
     int methodWithRT ();
+    int methodWithCursor (Cursor cursor);
     int methodWithParams (int number, String text);
     int methodWithParams (int number, String text, float real);
 }
diff --git a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv2Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv2Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
index 659a06409f7..19bbc42dbf5 100644
--- a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv2Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
+++ b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-APIv2Binding/java/test/bindings/Cursor.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public interface Cursor {
     void newMethod();
     int methodWithRT ();
     int newMethodWithRT ();
+    int methodWithCursor (Cursor cursor);
     int methodWithParams (int number, String text);
     int newMethodWithParams (int number, String text);
     int methodWithParams (int number, String text, float real);
diff --git a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-Library/MyClrCursor.cs b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-Library/MyClrCursor.cs
index 5843e1116c9..eb38eb58d23 100644
--- a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-Library/MyClrCursor.cs
+++ b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.FixJavaAbstractMethod-Library/MyClrCursor.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace Library
 {
-	public class MyClrCursor : Java.Lang.Object, ICursor
+	public class MyClrCursor : Java.Lang.Object, global::Test.Bindings.ICursor
 	{
 		public void Method ()
 		{
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ public int MethodWithRT ()
 		{
 			return 3;
 		}
+
+		int global::Test.Bindings.ICursor.MethodWithCursor (global::Test.Bindings.ICursor cursor)
+		{
+			var a = 2;
+			var b = 2;
+			return a + b;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.JcwGen-Tests/BindingTests.cs b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.JcwGen-Tests/BindingTests.cs
index c6cfa594bbb..d6cb60dbb9a 100644
--- a/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.JcwGen-Tests/BindingTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CodeGen-Binding/Xamarin.Android.JcwGen-Tests/BindingTests.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ public void JavaAbstractMethodTest ()
 				if (e.GetType ().ToString () != "Java.Lang.AbstractMethodError")
 					throw e;
 			}
+
+			var mi = ic.GetType ().GetMethod ("MethodWithCursor");
+
+			if (mi != null && mi.GetMethodBody ().LocalVariables.Count == 0)
+				throw new Exception ("FixAbstractMethodStep broken, MethodWithRT added, while it should not be");
 		}
 
 		// Context https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36036