diff --git a/syntax_checkers/puppet/puppetlint.vim b/syntax_checkers/puppet/puppetlint.vim
index eb0f552d..c65e601b 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/puppet/puppetlint.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/puppet/puppetlint.vim
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ if exists("g:loaded_syntastic_puppet_puppetlint_checker")
 endif
 let g:loaded_syntastic_puppet_puppetlint_checker=1
 
-if exists("g:systastic_puppet_lint_arguments")
-    let g:systastic_puppet_puppetlint_args = g:systastic_puppet_lint_arguments
-    call syntastic#util#deprecationWarn("variable g:systastic_puppet_lint_arguments is deprecated, please use g:systastic_puppet_puppetlint_args instead")
+if exists("g:syntastic_puppet_lint_arguments")
+    let g:syntastic_puppet_puppetlint_args = g:syntastic_puppet_lint_arguments
+    call syntastic#util#deprecationWarn("variable g:syntastic_puppet_lint_arguments is deprecated, please use g:syntastic_puppet_puppetlint_args instead")
 endif
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_puppet_puppetlint_IsAvailable()
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/rst/rst2pseudoxml.vim b/syntax_checkers/rst/rst2pseudoxml.vim
index dcdcf062..454b4d85 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/rst/rst2pseudoxml.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/rst/rst2pseudoxml.vim
@@ -31,15 +31,26 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_rst_rst2pseudoxml_GetLocList()
         \ 'subchecker': 'rst2pseudoxml' })
 
     let errorformat =
-        \ '%f:%l:\ (%tNFO/1)\ %m,'.
-        \ '%f:%l:\ (%tARNING/2)\ %m,'.
-        \ '%f:%l:\ (%tRROR/3)\ %m,'.
-        \ '%f:%l:\ (%tEVERE/4)\ %m,'.
+        \ '%f:%l: (%tNFO/1) %m,'.
+        \ '%f:%l: (%tARNING/2) %m,'.
+        \ '%f:%l: (%tRROR/3) %m,'.
+        \ '%f:%l: (%tEVERE/4) %m,'.
         \ '%-G%.%#'
 
-    return SyntasticMake({
+    let loclist = SyntasticMake({
         \ 'makeprg': makeprg,
         \ 'errorformat': errorformat })
+
+    for n in range(len(loclist))
+        if loclist[n]['type'] ==? 'S'
+            let loclist[n]['type'] = 'E'
+        elseif loclist[n]['type'] ==? 'I'
+            let loclist[n]['type'] = 'W'
+            let loclist[n]['subtype'] = 'Style'
+        endif
+    endfor
+
+    return loclist
 endfunction
 
 function s:exe()
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/scala/fsc.vim b/syntax_checkers/scala/fsc.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02834aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_checkers/scala/fsc.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"============================================================================
+"File:        fsc.vim
+"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
+"Maintainer:  Gregor Uhlenheuer <kongo2002 at gmail dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+"============================================================================
+
+if exists('g:loaded_syntastic_scala_fsc_checker')
+    finish
+endif
+let g:loaded_syntastic_scala_fsc_checker = 1
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_scala_fsc_IsAvailable()
+    return executable('fsc')
+endfunction
+
+if !exists('g:syntastic_scala_options')
+    let g:syntastic_scala_options = ''
+endif
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_scala_fsc_GetLocList()
+    " fsc has some serious problems with the
+    " working directory changing after being started
+    " that's why we better pass an absolute path
+    let file = syntastic#util#shexpand('%:p')
+
+    let args = '-Ystop-after:parser ' . g:syntastic_scala_options
+    let makeprg = 'fsc ' . args . ' ' . file
+
+    let errorformat = '%f\:%l: %trror: %m'
+
+    return SyntasticMake({
+        \ 'makeprg': makeprg,
+        \ 'errorformat': errorformat })
+endfunction
+
+call g:SyntasticRegistry.CreateAndRegisterChecker({
+    \ 'filetype': 'scala',
+    \ 'name': 'fsc'})