diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/GenotypePhasingEvaluator.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/GenotypePhasingEvaluator.java
index 4e30ba6d3..e5b55bf6f 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/GenotypePhasingEvaluator.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/GenotypePhasingEvaluator.java
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ public class GenotypePhasingEvaluator extends VariantEvaluator {
     }
 
     public boolean genotypesArePhasedAboveThreshold(Genotype gt) {
+        if (gt.isHom()) // Can always consider a hom site to be phased to its predecessor, since its successor will only be phased to it if it's hom or "truly" phased
+            return true;
+
         if (!gt.isPhased())
             return false;