diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsChecker.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsChecker.java
index 0e10bcc79a7..9a1c40c5b60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsChecker.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsChecker.java
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ private static String packageName(String className) {
     return className.substring(0, className.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
   }
 
+  private static final ImmutableSetMultimap<String, ClassMemberKey>
+      ADDITIONAL_MEMBERS_REQUIRING_DESUGAR =
+          ImmutableSetMultimap.<String, ClassMemberKey>builder()
+              .put("com/google/common/base/Stopwatch", ClassMemberKey.create("elapsed", ""))
+              .build();
+
   private static class ClassSupportInfo {
 
     private final ImmutableSet<String> allowedPackages;
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ private static class ClassSupportInfo {
       allowedClasses = allowJava8 ? DESUGAR_ALLOWED_CLASSES : BASE_ALLOWED_CLASSES;
       bannedClasses = BASE_BANNED_CLASSES;
       allowedMembers = allowJava8 ? DESUGAR_ALLOWED_MEMBERS : ImmutableSetMultimap.of();
-      bannedMembers = allowJava8 ? DESUGAR_BANNED_MEMBERS : ImmutableSetMultimap.of();
+      bannedMembers = allowJava8 ? DESUGAR_BANNED_MEMBERS : ADDITIONAL_MEMBERS_REQUIRING_DESUGAR;
     }
 
     private boolean memberIsAllowed(Map.Entry<String, ClassMemberKey> member) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsCheckerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsCheckerTest.java
index 2d68fc4a049..0aa612f949a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsCheckerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/apidiff/AndroidJdkLibsCheckerTest.java
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ public void typeKind() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void stopwatchElapsed() {
+    compilationHelper
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            "import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;",
+            "public class Test {",
+            "  Object o() {",
+            "    // BUG: Diagnostic contains:",
+            "    return Stopwatch.createStarted().elapsed();",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void allowJava8Flag_packageAllowed() {
     allowJava8Helper