diff --git a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovycOutputParser.java b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovycOutputParser.java
index ed4a787d8bfa..d1144dcfdcc6 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovycOutputParser.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovycOutputParser.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GroovycOutputParser {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (outputType == ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR && !text.startsWith("Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS")) {
+    if (outputType == ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR && !isSafeStderr(text)) {
       stdErr.append(StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(text));
       return;
     }
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public class GroovycOutputParser {
     parseOutput(text);
   }
 
+  private static boolean isSafeStderr(String line) {
+    return line.startsWith("SLF4J:") || line.startsWith("Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS");
+  }
+
   private final StringBuffer outputBuffer = new StringBuffer();
 
   private void updateStatus(@NotNull String status) {