diff --git a/annotations/src/main/java/com/google/j2objc/annotations/Property.java b/annotations/src/main/java/com/google/j2objc/annotations/Property.java
index 352d34216b..93d6e65f78 100644
--- a/annotations/src/main/java/com/google/j2objc/annotations/Property.java
+++ b/annotations/src/main/java/com/google/j2objc/annotations/Property.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
  * @author Harry Cheung
  */
 @Documented
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
 @Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
 public @interface Property {