diff --git a/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala b/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
index eba7d564a..a4d6ece6c 100644
--- a/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ final class Analyzer(val global: Global, val callback: AnalysisCallback) extends
 	}
 	private def isVisible(sym: Symbol) = sym != NoSymbol && sym.isPublic && !sym.isDeferred
 	private def isMainType(tpe: Type): Boolean =
-	{
 		tpe match
 		{
 			// singleArgument is of type Symbol in 2.8.0 and type Type in 2.7.x
@@ -163,13 +162,15 @@ final class Analyzer(val global: Global, val callback: AnalysisCallback) extends
 			case PolyType(typeParams, result) => isMainType(result)
 			case _ =>  false
 		}
-	}
 	private lazy val StringArrayType = appliedType(definitions.ArrayClass.typeConstructor, definitions.StringClass.tpe :: Nil)
 	// isStringArray is overloaded to handle the incompatibility between 2.7.x and 2.8.0
-	private def isStringArray(tpe: Type): Boolean = tpe =:= StringArrayType
+	private def isStringArray(tpe: Type): Boolean =
+		tpe =:= StringArrayType ||
+		// needed for main defined in parent trait, not sure why
+		tpe.typeSymbol == definitions.ArrayClass && tpe.typeArgs.length == 1 && tpe.typeArgs(0).typeSymbol == definitions.StringClass
 	private def isStringArray(sym: Symbol): Boolean = isStringArray(sym.tpe)
 	private def isUnitType(tpe: Type) = tpe.typeSymbol == definitions.UnitClass
-
+	
 	// required because the 2.8 way to find a class is:
 	//   classPath.findClass(name).flatMap(_.binary)
 	// and the 2.7 way is:
diff --git a/compile/src/test/scala/ApplicationsTest.scala b/compile/src/test/scala/ApplicationsTest.scala
index 547bd94de..adec9fdf0 100644
--- a/compile/src/test/scala/ApplicationsTest.scala
+++ b/compile/src/test/scala/ApplicationsTest.scala
@@ -92,16 +92,22 @@ object ApplicationsTest extends Specification
 			type A[T] = Array[String]
 			def main[T](args: A[T]) {}
 		}
+		""" :: """
+		object MainF1  extends Application { var x = 3; x = 5 }
+		object MainF2  { def main(args: Array[java.lang.String]) {} }
+		trait MainF3 { def main(args: Array[String]) {} }
+		object MainF4 extends MainF3 { }
 		""" ::
 		Nil
 	val sources = for((source, index) <- sourceContent.zipWithIndex) yield  new File("Main" + (index+1) + ".scala") -> source
 
 	"Analysis plugin should detect applications" in {
-		WithFiles(sources : _*) { case files @ Seq(main, main2, main3, main4, main5, main6, main7, main8, main9, mainA, mainB, mainC, mainD, mainE) =>
+		WithFiles(sources : _*) { case files @ Seq(main, main2, main3, main4, main5, main6, main7, main8, main9, mainA, mainB, mainC, mainD, mainE, mainF) =>
 			for(scalaVersion <- TestCompile.allVersions)
 				CallbackTest(scalaVersion, files, Nil) { (callback, file, log) =>
 					val expected = Seq( main -> "Main", main4 -> "Main4", main8 -> "Main8", main9 -> "Main9", mainB -> "MainB",
-						mainE -> "MainE1", mainE -> "MainE2", mainE -> "MainE3", mainE -> "MainE4", mainE -> "MainE5" )
+						mainE -> "MainE1", mainE -> "MainE2", mainE -> "MainE3", mainE -> "MainE4", mainE -> "MainE5",
+						mainF -> "MainF1", mainF -> "MainF2", mainF -> "MainF4")
 					(callback.applications) must haveTheSameElementsAs(expected)
 					val loader = new URLClassLoader(Array(file.toURI.toURL), getClass.getClassLoader)
 					for( (_, className) <- expected) testRun(loader, className)
diff --git a/compile/src/test/scala/CompileTest.scala b/compile/src/test/scala/CompileTest.scala
index 1ef98efbf..3d08eca21 100644
--- a/compile/src/test/scala/CompileTest.scala
+++ b/compile/src/test/scala/CompileTest.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ object CompileTest extends Specification
 			WithCompiler( "2.7.3" )(testCompileAnalysis)
 			WithCompiler( "2.7.4" )(testCompileAnalysis)
 			WithCompiler( "2.7.5" )(testCompileAnalysis)
+			WithCompiler( "2.7.7" )(testCompileAnalysis)
+			WithCompiler( "2.8.0.Beta1" )(testCompileAnalysis)
 			WithCompiler( "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT" )(testCompileAnalysis)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/compile/src/test/scala/TestCompile.scala b/compile/src/test/scala/TestCompile.scala
index 5e88f5691..898d5d468 100644
--- a/compile/src/test/scala/TestCompile.scala
+++ b/compile/src/test/scala/TestCompile.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import FileUtilities.withTemporaryDirectory
 object TestCompile
 {
 	// skip 2.7.3 and 2.7.4 for speed
-	def allVersions = List("2.7.2", "2.7.5", "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT")//List("2.7.2", "2.7.3", "2.7.4", "2.7.5", "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT")
+	def allVersions = List("2.7.2", "2.7.5", "2.7.7", "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT", "2.8.0.Beta1")//List("2.7.2", "2.7.3", "2.7.4", "2.7.5", "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT")
 	/** Tests running the compiler interface with the analyzer plugin with a test callback.  The test callback saves all information
 	* that the plugin sends it for post-compile analysis by the provided function.*/
 	def apply[T](scalaVersion: String, sources: Set[File], outputDirectory: File, options: Seq[String], superclassNames: Seq[String])(f: (TestCallback, CompileLogger) => T): T =