diff --git a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/handlers/contract/ContractHandler.java b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/handlers/contract/ContractHandler.java
index 3c8c48a3e2..f89455f79a 100644
--- a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/handlers/contract/ContractHandler.java
+++ b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/handlers/contract/ContractHandler.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public NullnessHint onDataflowVisitMethodInvocation(
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(callee);
     // Check to see if this method has an @Contract annotation
     String contractString = NullabilityUtil.getAnnotationValue(callee, CONTRACT_ANNOTATION_NAME);
-    if (contractString != null) {
+    if (contractString != null && contractString.trim().length() > 0) {
       // Found a contract, lets parse it.
       String[] clauses = contractString.split(";");
       for (String clause : clauses) {
diff --git a/nullaway/src/test/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAwayTest.java b/nullaway/src/test/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAwayTest.java
index 8860177150..dd099528a4 100644
--- a/nullaway/src/test/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAwayTest.java
+++ b/nullaway/src/test/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAwayTest.java
@@ -566,6 +566,46 @@ public void contractNonVarArg() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void contractPureOnlyIgnored() {
+    compilationHelper
+        .setArgs(
+            Arrays.asList(
+                "-d",
+                temporaryFolder.getRoot().getAbsolutePath(),
+                "-XepOpt:NullAway:AnnotatedPackages=com.uber"))
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "PureLibrary.java",
+            "package com.example.library;",
+            "import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;",
+            "public class PureLibrary {",
+            "  @Contract(",
+            "    pure = true",
+            "  )",
+            "  public static String pi() {",
+            "    // Meh, close enough...",
+            "    return Double.toString(3.14);",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            "package com.uber;",
+            "import com.example.library.PureLibrary;",
+            "import javax.annotation.Nullable;",
+            "class Test {",
+            "  String piValue() {",
+            "    String pi = PureLibrary.pi();",
+            "    // Note: we must trigger dataflow to ensure that",
+            "    // ContractHandler.onDataflowVisitMethodInvocation is called",
+            "    if (pi != null) {",
+            "       return pi;",
+            "    }",
+            "    return Integer.toString(3);",
+            "  }",
+            "}")
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testEnumInit() {
     compilationHelper