diff --git a/lib/features/modeling/rules/ModelingRules.js b/lib/features/modeling/rules/ModelingRules.js
index 56b620c3..41bf55a8 100644
--- a/lib/features/modeling/rules/ModelingRules.js
+++ b/lib/features/modeling/rules/ModelingRules.js
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ ModelingRules.prototype.init = function() {
       return true;
     }
 
+    if (businessObject.$instanceOf('bpmn:Association') &&
+        targetBusinessObject.$instanceOf('bpmn:FlowElementsContainer')) {
+
+      return true;
+    }
+
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/text-annotation-association.bpmn b/test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/text-annotation-association.bpmn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..808d9fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/text-annotation-association.bpmn
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<bpmn:definitions xmlns:bpmn="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL"
+  xmlns:bpmndi="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI"
+  xmlns:di="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI"
+  xmlns:dc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  id="Definitions_1"
+  targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn">
+  <bpmn:process id="Process_1" isExecutable="false">
+    <bpmn:startEvent id="StartEvent_1" />
+    <bpmn:textAnnotation id="TextAnnotation_1">
+      <bpmn:text>A label</bpmn:text>
+    </bpmn:textAnnotation>
+    <bpmn:association id="Association_1" sourceRef="StartEvent_1" targetRef="TextAnnotation_1" />
+  </bpmn:process>
+  <bpmndi:BPMNDiagram id="BPMNDiagram_1">
+    <bpmndi:BPMNPlane id="BPMNPlane_1" bpmnElement="Process_1">
+      <bpmndi:BPMNShape id="_BPMNShape_StartEvent_2" bpmnElement="StartEvent_1">
+        <dc:Bounds x="173" y="102" width="36" height="36" />
+      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
+      <bpmndi:BPMNShape id="TextAnnotation_1_di" bpmnElement="TextAnnotation_1">
+        <dc:Bounds x="285" y="24" width="100" height="80" />
+      </bpmndi:BPMNShape>
+      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="Association_1_di" bpmnElement="Association_1">
+        <di:waypoint xsi:type="dc:Point" x="207" y="114" />
+        <di:waypoint xsi:type="dc:Point" x="285" y="83" />
+      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
+    </bpmndi:BPMNPlane>
+  </bpmndi:BPMNDiagram>
+</bpmn:definitions>
diff --git a/test/spec/features/rules/ModelingRulesSpec.js b/test/spec/features/rules/ModelingRulesSpec.js
index cb077cff..c3d65ade 100644
--- a/test/spec/features/rules/ModelingRulesSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/rules/ModelingRulesSpec.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var Matchers = require('../../../Matchers'),
-TestHelper = require('../../../TestHelper');
+var Matchers = require('../../../Matchers');
 
 /* global bootstrapModeler, inject */
 
-var _ = require('lodash');
-
 var fs = require('fs');
 
 var modelingModule = require('../../../../lib/features/modeling'),
@@ -23,6 +20,7 @@ describe('features/ModelingRules', function() {
   var eventGatewaysEdgeXML =
       fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/event-based-gateway-outgoing-edge.bpmn', 'utf8');
   var linkEventXML = fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/link-event.bpmn', 'utf8');
+  var textAnnotationXML = fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/bpmn/features/rules/text-annotation-association.bpmn', 'utf8');
 
   var testModules = [ coreModule, modelingModule, rulesModule ];
 
@@ -278,4 +276,26 @@ describe('features/ModelingRules', function() {
       expect(allowed).toBe(true);
     }));
   });
+
+  describe('Association', function() {
+
+    beforeEach(bootstrapModeler(textAnnotationXML, { modules: testModules }));
+
+    it('should allow drop on process', inject(function(elementRegistry, rules) {
+
+      // given
+      var association = elementRegistry.get('Association_1'),
+          parent = elementRegistry.get('Process_1');
+
+      // when
+      var allowed = rules.allowed('shapes.move', {
+        connection: null,
+        shapes: [ association ],
+        newParent: parent
+      });
+
+      // then
+      expect(allowed).toBe(true);
+    }));
+  });
 });