diff --git a/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationList.java b/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationList.java
index 2c6805800a2..94c352c8692 100644
--- a/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationList.java
+++ b/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationList.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -92,6 +93,14 @@ public interface AnnotationList extends FilterableList<AnnotationDescription, An
      */
     TypeList asTypeList();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of the names of the annotation types. This list might contain the names of
+     * annotations that are not otherwise resolvable.
+     *
+     * @return A list of binary names of the represented annotations.
+     */
+    List<String> asTypeNames();
+
     /**
      * An abstract base implementation of an annotation list.
      */
@@ -185,6 +194,17 @@ public TypeList asTypeList() {
             return new TypeList.Explicit(annotationTypes);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * {@inheritDoc}
+         */
+        public List<String> asTypeNames() {
+            List<String> typeNames = new ArrayList<String>(size());
+            for (AnnotationDescription annotation : this) {
+                typeNames.add(annotation.getAnnotationType().getName());
+            }
+            return typeNames;
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected AnnotationList wrap(List<AnnotationDescription> values) {
             return new Explicit(values);
@@ -375,5 +395,12 @@ public AnnotationList visibility(ElementMatcher<? super RetentionPolicy> matcher
         public TypeList asTypeList() {
             return new TypeList.Empty();
         }
+
+        /**
+         * {@inheritDoc}
+         */
+        public List<String> asTypeNames() {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/pool/TypePool.java b/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/pool/TypePool.java
index ad5fd2c2e45..c0c55375554 100644
--- a/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/pool/TypePool.java
+++ b/byte-buddy-dep/src/main/java/net/bytebuddy/pool/TypePool.java
@@ -6189,7 +6189,7 @@ protected static AnnotationList asListOfNullable(TypePool typePool, @MaybeNull L
                  *
                  * @param typePool The type pool to be used for looking up linked types.
                  * @param tokens   The tokens to represent in the list.
-                 * @return A list of the loadable annotations.
+                 * @return A list of the represented annotations.
                  */
                 protected static AnnotationList asList(TypePool typePool, List<? extends AnnotationToken> tokens) {
                     List<AnnotationDescription> annotationDescriptions = new ArrayList<AnnotationDescription>(tokens.size());
@@ -6199,7 +6199,7 @@ protected static AnnotationList asList(TypePool typePool, List<? extends Annotat
                             annotationDescriptions.add(resolution.resolve());
                         }
                     }
-                    return new AnnotationList.Explicit(annotationDescriptions);
+                    return new UnresolvedAnnotationList(annotationDescriptions, tokens);
                 }
 
                 /**
@@ -6268,6 +6268,37 @@ public S load() {
                         return AnnotationInvocationHandler.of(annotationType.getClassLoader(), annotationType, values);
                     }
                 }
+
+                /**
+                 * A list of annotations which allows for resolving the names of the annotations even if the annotations cannot be resolved.
+                 */
+                private static class UnresolvedAnnotationList extends AnnotationList.Explicit {
+
+                    /**
+                     * The list of represented annotation tokens.
+                     */
+                    private final List<? extends AnnotationToken> tokens;
+
+                    /**
+                     * Creates a list of unresolved annotations.
+                     *
+                     * @param annotationDescriptions The list of represented annotation descriptions.
+                     * @param tokens                 The list of represented annotation tokens.
+                     */
+                    private UnresolvedAnnotationList(List<? extends AnnotationDescription> annotationDescriptions, List<? extends AnnotationToken> tokens) {
+                        super(annotationDescriptions);
+                        this.tokens = tokens;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public List<String> asTypeNames() {
+                        List<String> typeNames = new ArrayList<String>(tokens.size());
+                        for (AnnotationToken token : tokens) {
+                            typeNames.add(token.getBinaryName());
+                        }
+                        return typeNames;
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             /**
diff --git a/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AbstractAnnotationListTest.java b/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AbstractAnnotationListTest.java
index 464d1b1e179..5a473ae6b08 100644
--- a/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AbstractAnnotationListTest.java
+++ b/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AbstractAnnotationListTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ public void testAsTypeList() throws Exception {
         assertThat(asList(getFirst()).asTypeList(), is(Collections.singletonList(asElement(getFirst()).getAnnotationType())));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAsTypeNames() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(asList(getFirst()).asTypeNames(), is(Collections.singletonList(asElement(getFirst()).getAnnotationType().getName())));
+    }
+
     @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
     @Inherited
     protected @interface Foo {
diff --git a/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationListEmptyTest.java b/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationListEmptyTest.java
index 2b3dd0d002c..5cc24bfb25e 100644
--- a/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationListEmptyTest.java
+++ b/byte-buddy-dep/src/test/java/net/bytebuddy/description/annotation/AnnotationListEmptyTest.java
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ public void testAnnotationVisibility() throws Exception {
     public void testAsTypeList() throws Exception {
         assertThat(new AnnotationList.Empty().asTypeList().size(), is(0));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAsTypeNames() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(new AnnotationList.Empty().asTypeNames().size(), is(0));
+    }
 }