diff --git a/src/rules/preferFunctionOverMethodRule.ts b/src/rules/preferFunctionOverMethodRule.ts
index a3eefc34492..7939efb9cc9 100644
--- a/src/rules/preferFunctionOverMethodRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/preferFunctionOverMethodRule.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class PreferFunctionOverMethodWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
     }
 
     private shouldWarnForModifiers(node: ts.MethodDeclaration): boolean {
-        if (Lint.hasModifier(node.modifiers, ts.SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword)) {
+        if (Lint.hasModifier(node.modifiers, ts.SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword, ts.SyntaxKind.AbstractKeyword)) {
             return false;
         }
         // TODO: Also return false if it's marked "override" (https://github.com/palantir/tslint/pull/2037)
diff --git a/test/rules/prefer-function-over-method/default/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/prefer-function-over-method/default/test.ts.lint
index 7cc2e39d5ac..2fcc46149a3 100644
--- a/test/rules/prefer-function-over-method/default/test.ts.lint
+++ b/test/rules/prefer-function-over-method/default/test.ts.lint
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class C {
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [0]
 }
 
+abstract class C2 {
+    abstract abstract(): void;
+}
+
 const o = {
     x() {}
 }