diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
index 1ec82ff5c26..8d92f91907c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullable.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.anyMethod;
 import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.anyOf;
 import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.expressionStatement;
+import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.instanceMethod;
 import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Matchers.staticMethod;
 import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.constValue;
 import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.findEnclosingMethod;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ public class ReturnMissingNullable extends BugChecker implements CompilationUnit
                    */
                   .onDescendantOfAny("org.junit.Assert", "junit.framework.Assert")
                   .named("fail"),
+              instanceMethod().onDescendantOf("java.lang.Runtime").namedAnyOf("exit", "halt"),
               staticMethod().onClass("java.lang.System").named("exit")));
 
   private static final Matcher<StatementTree> FAILS_IF_PASSED_FALSE =
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
index e6296f36a95..f0390d5d47d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/ReturnMissingNullableTest.java
@@ -1498,6 +1498,40 @@ public String getMessage() {
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void negativeCases_unreachableRuntimeExit() {
+    createCompilationTestHelper()
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/LiteralNullReturnTest.java",
+            """
+            package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.nullness;
+            class LiteralNullReturnTest {
+              public String getMessage() {
+                Runtime.getRuntime().exit(1);
+                return null;
+              }
+            }
+            """)
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void negativeCases_unreachableRuntimeHalt() {
+    createCompilationTestHelper()
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/nullness/LiteralNullReturnTest.java",
+            """
+            package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.nullness;
+            class LiteralNullReturnTest {
+              public String getMessage() {
+                Runtime.getRuntime().halt(1);
+                return null;
+              }
+            }
+            """)
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void negativeCases_unreachableAssertFail() {
     createCompilationTestHelper()