diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/DepthPerAlleleBySample.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/DepthPerAlleleBySample.java
index ee9b51b56..4e3a62ea7 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/DepthPerAlleleBySample.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/DepthPerAlleleBySample.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class DepthPerAlleleBySample extends GenotypeAnnotation implements Standa
         ReadBackedPileup pileup = stratifiedContext.getBasePileup();
         for ( PileupElement p : pileup ) {
             if ( alleleCounts.containsKey(p.getBase()) )
-                alleleCounts.put(p.getBase(), alleleCounts.get(p.getBase())+1);
+                alleleCounts.put(p.getBase(), alleleCounts.get(p.getBase())+p.getRepresentativeCount());
         }
 
         // we need to add counts in the correct order
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
index f3fe63e95..b61ce5571 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
@@ -438,4 +438,18 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                 Arrays.asList("22c9fd65ce3298bd7fbf400c9c209f29"));
         executeTest("test calling on reads with Ns in CIGAR", spec);
     }
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    //
+    // testing AD for reduced reads
+    //
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @Test
+    public void testADAnnotationInReducedBam() {
+        WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-T UnifiedGenotyper -R " + b37KGReference + " -nosl --no_cmdline_in_header -I " + privateTestDir + "bamExample.ReducedRead.ADAnnotation.bam -o %s -L 1:67,225,396-67,288,518", 1,
+                Arrays.asList("84486c88a0fd1ae996a6402490db8492"));
+        executeTest("test AD Annotation when calling on a ReducedRead BAM", spec);
+    }
+
 }