diff --git a/autoload/vebugger/jdb.vim b/autoload/vebugger/jdb.vim
index 612336c..2279c8b 100644
--- a/autoload/vebugger/jdb.vim
+++ b/autoload/vebugger/jdb.vim
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ endfunction
 function! s:getClassNameFromFile(filename)
 	let l:className=fnamemodify(a:filename,':t:r') " Get only the name of the file, without path or extension
 	for l:line in readfile(a:filename)
-		let l:matches=matchlist(l:line,'\vpackage\s+(%(\w|\.)+)\s*;')
+    " trailing ; is optional to make it work for groovy as well
+		let l:matches=matchlist(l:line,'\vpackage\s+(%(\w|\.)+)\s*;?')
 		if 1<len(l:matches)
 			return l:matches[1].'.'.l:className
 		endif