diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 9ea7cad900..40e2225c30 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Current
+Fixed: GITHUB-1622: Parameter alwaysRun=true for before-methods forces execution of those methods (Oleksandr Kulychok)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2180: Write scenario details for Retried tests (Devendra Raju K)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2124: JUnit Report should contain the output of org.testng.Reporter (Krishnan Mahadevan)
 Fixed: GITHUB-2171: Ability to embed attachments and make them available on TestNG XML report (Krishnan Mahadevan)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ConfigInvoker.java b/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ConfigInvoker.java
index 5565d59f03..0f1aaee2fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ConfigInvoker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ConfigInvoker.java
@@ -239,26 +239,22 @@ public void invokeConfigurations(ConfigMethodArguments arguments) {
         // - the test is enabled and
         // - the Configuration method belongs to the same class or a parent
         configurationAnnotation = AnnotationHelper.findConfiguration(annotationFinder(), method);
-        boolean alwaysRun = MethodHelper.isAlwaysRun(configurationAnnotation);
-        boolean canProcessMethod =
-            MethodHelper.isEnabled(objectClass, annotationFinder()) || alwaysRun;
-        if (!canProcessMethod) {
-          log(
-              3,
-              "Skipping "
-                  + Utils.detailedMethodName(tm, true)
-                  + " because "
-                  + objectClass.getName()
-                  + " is not enabled");
+
+        if (!MethodHelper.isEnabled(objectClass, annotationFinder())) {
+          log(3, "Skipping " + Utils.detailedMethodName(tm, true) + " because class " +
+                 objectClass.getName() + " is not enabled");
           continue;
         }
         if (MethodHelper.isDisabled(configurationAnnotation)) {
           log(3, "Skipping " + Utils.detailedMethodName(tm, true) + " because it is not enabled");
           continue;
         }
+
+        boolean forceRun = MethodHelper.isAlwaysRun(configurationAnnotation) &&
+                           MethodHelper.isAfterMethod(configurationAnnotation);
         if (hasConfigurationFailureFor(arguments.getTestMethod(), tm.getGroups() ,
             arguments.getTestClass(),
-            arguments.getInstance()) && !alwaysRun) {
+            arguments.getInstance()) && !forceRun) {
           log(3, "Skipping " + Utils.detailedMethodName(tm, true));
           InvokedMethod invokedMethod =
               new InvokedMethod(arguments.getInstance(), tm, System.currentTimeMillis(), testResult);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/MethodHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/MethodHelper.java
index a3f67263f2..b0aac689a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/MethodHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/MethodHelper.java
@@ -226,6 +226,22 @@ static boolean isAlwaysRun(IConfigurationAnnotation configurationAnnotation) {
     return alwaysRun;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return true when configurationAnnotation belongs to {@code @After...} method
+   */
+  static boolean isAfterMethod(IConfigurationAnnotation configurationAnnotation) {
+    if (null == configurationAnnotation) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return ((configurationAnnotation.getAfterSuite()
+             || configurationAnnotation.getAfterTest()
+             || configurationAnnotation.getAfterTestClass()
+             || configurationAnnotation.getAfterTestMethod()
+             || configurationAnnotation.getAfterGroups().length != 0));
+  }
+
+
   /** Extracts the unique list of <code>ITestNGMethod</code>s. */
   public static List<ITestNGMethod> uniqueMethodList(Collection<List<ITestNGMethod>> methods) {
     Set<ITestNGMethod> resultSet = Sets.newHashSet();