@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void validate(Element element, AnnotationElements validatedElements, IsVa
 
 		validatorHelper.isNotPrivate(element, valid);
 
-		validatorHelper.hasEmptyConstructor(element, valid);
+		validatorHelper.isAbstractOrHasEmptyConstructor(element, valid);
 
 		validatorHelper.extendsFragment(element, valid);
 	}
 
@@ -894,26 +894,26 @@ public void isAbstractOrHasEmptyOrContextConstructor(Element element, IsValid va
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void hasEmptyConstructor(Element element, IsValid valid) {
-
+	public void isAbstractOrHasEmptyConstructor(Element element, IsValid valid) {
 		List<ExecutableElement> constructors = ElementFilter.constructorsIn(element.getEnclosedElements());
 
-		if (constructors.size() == 1) {
-
-			ExecutableElement constructor = constructors.get(0);
+		if (!annotationHelper.isAbstract(element)) {
+			if (constructors.size() == 1) {
+				ExecutableElement constructor = constructors.get(0);
 
-			if (!annotationHelper.isPrivate(constructor)) {
-				if (constructor.getParameters().size() != 0) {
-					annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should have an empty constructor");
+				if (!annotationHelper.isPrivate(constructor)) {
+					if (constructor.getParameters().size() != 0) {
+						annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should have an empty constructor");
+						valid.invalidate();
+					}
+				} else {
+					annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should not have a private constructor");
 					valid.invalidate();
 				}
 			} else {
-				annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should not have a private constructor");
+				annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should have only one constructor");
 				valid.invalidate();
 			}
-		} else {
-			annotationHelper.printAnnotationError(element, "%s annotated element should have only one constructor");
-			valid.invalidate();
 		}
 	}
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void validate(Element element, AnnotationElements validatedElements, IsVa`
`54`	`54`
`55`	`55`	`validatorHelper.isNotPrivate(element, valid);`
`56`	`56`
`57`		`- validatorHelper.hasEmptyConstructor(element, valid);`
	`57`	`+ validatorHelper.isAbstractOrHasEmptyConstructor(element, valid);`
`58`	`58`
`59`	`59`	`validatorHelper.extendsFragment(element, valid);`
`60`	`60`	`}`