diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompiler.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompiler.java
index 8a669b0ff836..b18f4507c08f 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompiler.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompiler.java
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ public class GroovyCompiler extends GroovyCompilerBase {
 
     // groovyc may fail if we don't also recompile files like B such that A depends on B and B depends on C, where A & C \in toCompile
     // see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-4024
-    // this is important only if >1 files have been changed
-    if (toCompile.size() > 1 && !"false".equals(System.getProperty("compile.groovy.dependencies", "true"))) {
+    if (!"false".equals(System.getProperty("compile.groovy.dependencies", "true"))) {
       context.getProgressIndicator().checkCanceled();
       context.getProgressIndicator().setText("Enumerating Groovy classes...");
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompilerTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompilerTest.groovy
index 5cb388cad796..a02797bbe10f 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompilerTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyCompilerTest.groovy
@@ -329,5 +329,21 @@ class Goo {}""")
     assertEmpty make()
   }
 
+  public void testRecompileDependentClassesWithOnlyOneChanged() throws Exception {
+    def bar = myFixture.addFileToProject("Bar.groovy", """
+class Bar {
+  Foo f
+}
+""")
+    myFixture.addFileToProject "Foo.groovy", """
+class Foo extends Bar {
+}"""
+
+    assertEmpty make()
+
+    touch(bar.virtualFile)
+    assertEmpty make()
+  }
+
 
 }