diff --git a/src/plugins/estree.js b/src/plugins/estree.js
index 5a78438108..3502e311bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/estree.js
+++ b/src/plugins/estree.js
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ pp.estreeParseRegExpLiteral = function ({ pattern, flags }) {
 };
 
 pp.estreeParseLiteral = function (value) {
-  const node = this.parseLiteral(value, "Literal");
-  node.raw = node.extra.raw;
-  delete node.extra;
-
-  return node;
+  return this.parseLiteral(value, "Literal");
 };
 
 pp.directiveToStmt = function (directive) {
@@ -177,6 +173,16 @@ export default function (instance) {
     };
   });
 
+  instance.extend("parseLiteral", function(inner) {
+    return function (...args) {
+      const node = inner.call(this, ...args);
+      node.raw = node.extra.raw;
+      delete node.extra;
+
+      return node;
+    };
+  });
+
   instance.extend("parseMethod", function(inner) {
     return function (node, ...args) {
       let funcNode = this.startNode();
diff --git a/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/actual.js b/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0a3b807b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var x: "string";
diff --git a/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/expected.json b/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d301570c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/estree/flow/string-literal-annotation/expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+{
+  "type": "File",
+  "start": 0,
+  "end": 16,
+  "loc": {
+    "start": {
+      "line": 1,
+      "column": 0
+    },
+    "end": {
+      "line": 1,
+      "column": 16
+    }
+  },
+  "program": {
+    "type": "Program",
+    "start": 0,
+    "end": 16,
+    "loc": {
+      "start": {
+        "line": 1,
+        "column": 0
+      },
+      "end": {
+        "line": 1,
+        "column": 16
+      }
+    },
+    "sourceType": "script",
+    "body": [
+      {
+        "type": "VariableDeclaration",
+        "start": 0,
+        "end": 16,
+        "loc": {
+          "start": {
+            "line": 1,
+            "column": 0
+          },
+          "end": {
+            "line": 1,
+            "column": 16
+          }
+        },
+        "declarations": [
+          {
+            "type": "VariableDeclarator",
+            "start": 4,
+            "end": 15,
+            "loc": {
+              "start": {
+                "line": 1,
+                "column": 4
+              },
+              "end": {
+                "line": 1,
+                "column": 15
+              }
+            },
+            "id": {
+              "type": "Identifier",
+              "start": 4,
+              "end": 15,
+              "loc": {
+                "start": {
+                  "line": 1,
+                  "column": 4
+                },
+                "end": {
+                  "line": 1,
+                  "column": 15
+                },
+                "identifierName": "x"
+              },
+              "name": "x",
+              "typeAnnotation": {
+                "type": "TypeAnnotation",
+                "start": 5,
+                "end": 15,
+                "loc": {
+                  "start": {
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "column": 5
+                  },
+                  "end": {
+                    "line": 1,
+                    "column": 15
+                  }
+                },
+                "typeAnnotation": {
+                  "type": "StringLiteralTypeAnnotation",
+                  "start": 7,
+                  "end": 15,
+                  "loc": {
+                    "start": {
+                      "line": 1,
+                      "column": 7
+                    },
+                    "end": {
+                      "line": 1,
+                      "column": 15
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "value": "string",
+                  "raw": "\"string\""
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "init": null
+          }
+        ],
+        "kind": "var"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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