diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index bdc794a8..6f50f468 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.6.0-28'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.6.0-29'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/java/javac.vim b/syntax_checkers/java/javac.vim
index 4020079e..b2780457 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/java/javac.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/java/javac.vim
@@ -388,13 +388,15 @@ function! s:MavenOutputDirectory() " {{{2
         if has_key(mvn_properties, 'project.properties.build.dir')
             let output_dir = mvn_properties['project.properties.build.dir']
         endif
-        if stridx(expand('%:p:h', 1), 'src.main.java') >= 0
+
+        let sep = syntastic#util#Slash()
+        if stridx(expand('%:p:h', 1), join(['src', 'main', 'java'], sep)) >= 0
             let output_dir .= '/target/classes'
             if has_key(mvn_properties, 'project.build.outputDirectory')
                 let output_dir = mvn_properties['project.build.outputDirectory']
             endif
         endif
-        if stridx(expand('%:p:h', 1), 'src.test.java') >= 0
+        if stridx(expand('%:p:h', 1), join(['src', 'test', 'java'], sep)) >= 0
             let output_dir .= '/target/test-classes'
             if has_key(mvn_properties, 'project.build.testOutputDirectory')
                 let output_dir = mvn_properties['project.build.testOutputDirectory']