diff --git a/file b/file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9d5dc60
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diff --git a/output.txt b/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39e2f69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+After.
diff --git a/src/peers/gov/nasa/jpf/vm/JPF_java_lang_String.java b/src/peers/gov/nasa/jpf/vm/JPF_java_lang_String.java
index a165c772..ee0e6d26 100644
--- a/src/peers/gov/nasa/jpf/vm/JPF_java_lang_String.java
+++ b/src/peers/gov/nasa/jpf/vm/JPF_java_lang_String.java
@@ -165,16 +165,16 @@ public boolean equals0___3C_3CI__Z (MJIEnv env, int clsObjRef, int charsRef1, in
 
   @MJI
   public boolean equals__Ljava_lang_Object_2__Z (MJIEnv env, int objRef, int argRef) {
-    if (argRef == MJIEnv.NULL) { 
-      return false; 
+    if (argRef == MJIEnv.NULL) {
+      return false;
     }
-
-    String s1 = env.getStringObject(objRef);
-    String s2 = env.getStringObject(argRef);
-
-    return s1.equals(s2);
+    if (env.isInstanceOf(argRef, "java.lang.String")) {
+      String s1 = env.getStringObject(objRef);
+      String s2 = env.getStringObject(argRef);
+      return s1.equals(s2);
+    }
+    return false;
   }
-
   @MJI
   public boolean equalsIgnoreCase__Ljava_lang_String_2__Z (MJIEnv env, int objref, int anotherString) {
     String thisString = env.getStringObject(objref);
diff --git a/src/tests/java11/StringEqualsTest.java b/src/tests/java11/StringEqualsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2d3369e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/java11/StringEqualsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package java11;
+
+import gov.nasa.jpf.util.test.TestJPF;
+import org.junit.Test;
+public class StringEqualsTest extends TestJPF {
+    @Test
+    public void testStringEqual_differentObj(){
+        if(verifyNoPropertyViolation()){
+            String word="a";
+            boolean actual=word.equals(new Object());
+            boolean expected =false;
+            assertEquals(expected,actual);
+        }
+    }
+}