diff --git a/src/filters/rclpdf.py b/src/filters/rclpdf.py
index 692f1778..dddc38dd 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclpdf.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclpdf.py
@@ -443,13 +443,17 @@ class PDFExtractor:
         #self.em.rclog("Annotations: %s" % abypage)
         pagevec = html.split(b"\f")
         html = b""
+        annotsfield = b""
         pagenum = 1
         for page in pagevec:
             html += page
             if pagenum in abypage:
                 html += abypage[pagenum].encode('utf-8')
+                annotsfield += abypage[pagenum].encode('utf-8') + b" - " 
             html += b"\f"
             pagenum += 1
+        if annotsfield:
+            self.em.setfield("pdfannot", annotsfield)
         return html
     
     def _selfdoc(self):
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/fields b/src/sampleconf/fields
index b537f113..ba9fb6d0 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/fields
+++ b/src/sampleconf/fields
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ rclUnsplitFN = XSFS
 xapyear = Y
 recipient = XTO
 rclbes = XB ; noterms = 1
-
+annotation = XA
 
 [values]
 ###########
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ keywords=
 rclaptg=
 rclbes=
 recipient=
+annotation=
 
 [aliases]
 ##########################
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ keywords = keyword xesam:keyword tag tags dc:subject xesam:subject \
 mtype = mime mimetype xesam:mimetype contenttype xesam:contenttype dc:format
 recipient = to xesam:recipient
 url = dc:identifier xesam:url
+annotation = pdfannot
 
 ##################
 # The queryaliases section defines aliases which are used exclusively at
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ url = dc:identifier xesam:url
 [queryaliases]
 filename = fn
 containerfilename = cfn
+annotation = annot pa
 
 [xattrtofields]
 ######################
diff --git a/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.sh b/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..83daa9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+topdir=`dirname $0`/..
+. $topdir/shared.sh
+
+initvariables $0
+
+(
+    recollq '"new test JF annotation using Adobe Acrobat X"'
+
+    # This supposes that the fields file is customized, which is not
+    # the case by default
+    echo 
+    echo "Extracting the value for an annotation field:"
+    recollq -F annotation pdfannot:'"DAVID: Test of a highlight"'  | \
+        tail -1 | base64 -d
+
+)  2> $mystderr | egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
+
+diff -w ${myname}.txt $mystdout > $mydiffs 2>&1
+
+checkresult
diff --git a/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.txt b/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5dad9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pdf-annots/pdf-annots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+1 results
+application/pdf	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/pdf-annots/Présidentielle en Biélorussie .pdf]	[Présidentielle en Biélorussie : la candidate de l’opposition, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, s’est réfugiée en Lituanie]	325430	bytes	
+
+Extracting the value for an annotation field:
+P.: 3, D:20200904094331+00'240', highlight : None P.: 3, D:20200904100158+00'240', highlight : DAVID: Test of a highlight that has a note attached to