diff --git a/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala b/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
index bc4930ebb..900897593 100644
--- a/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/compile/interface/Analyzer.scala
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ final class Analyzer(val global: Global, val callback: AnalysisCallback) extends
 		private val findClass0 = reflect[Option[AnyRef]]("findClass", classOf[String])
 		findClass0.force(classPath) // force discovery, so that an exception is thrown if method doesn't exist
 		private val extractClass0 = reflect[Option[AbstractFile]]("binary")
+		private def translate(name: String): String = name.replace(File.separatorChar, '.') // 2.8 uses '.', 2.7 uses '/'
 		def findClass(name: String): Option[AbstractFile] =
-			findClass0(classPath, name).flatMap(a => extractClass0(a))
+			findClass0(classPath, translate(name)).flatMap {a => extractClass0(a) }
 	}
 	private class LegacyFinder extends ClassFinder
 	{
diff --git a/compile/interface/CompilerInterface.scala b/compile/interface/CompilerInterface.scala
index ddc7ed079..e73936f6a 100644
--- a/compile/interface/CompilerInterface.scala
+++ b/compile/interface/CompilerInterface.scala
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CompilerInterface
 		if(!reporter.hasErrors)
 		{
 			val run = new compiler.Run
-			debug(args.mkString("Calling compiler with arguments  (CompilerInterface):\n\t", "\n\t", ""))
+			debug(args.mkString("Calling Scala compiler with arguments  (CompilerInterface):\n\t", "\n\t", ""))
 			run compile command.files
 		}
 		reporter.printSummary()