diff --git a/janus/syntastic-syntax-checkers-scala.vim.patch b/janus/syntastic-syntax-checkers-scala.vim.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a819af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/janus/syntastic-syntax-checkers-scala.vim.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 7a9d955c0141d4adb148ba0b128d302b82f2f307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Spencer Deinum <spencerdeinum@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:43:12 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Edited scala checker to use scalac, with the
+ -Ystop-after:refchecks option.
+
+This means syntax checking is done via the compiler instead of the
+interpreter, so it won't choke on things like package definitions.
+
+The -Ystop-after:refchecks option will stop before code is actually
+generated, so we don't emit any class files.
+
+Signed-off-by: Spencer Deinum <spencerdeinum@gmail.com>
+---
+ syntax_checkers/scala.vim |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/syntax_checkers/scala.vim b/syntax_checkers/scala.vim
+index f6f05af..d603246 100644
+--- a/syntax_checkers/scala.vim
++++ b/syntax_checkers/scala.vim
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
+ let loaded_scala_syntax_checker = 1
+ 
+ "bail if the user doesnt have the scala binary installed
+-if !executable("scala")
++if !executable("scalac")
+     finish
+ endif
+ 
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if !exists("g:syntastic_scala_options")
+ endif
+ 
+ function! SyntaxCheckers_scala_GetLocList()
+-    let makeprg = 'scala '. g:syntastic_scala_options .' '.  shellescape(expand('%')) . ' /dev/null'
++    let makeprg = 'scalac -Ystop-after:refchecks '. g:syntastic_scala_options .' '.  shellescape(expand('%'))
+ 
+     let errorformat = '%f\:%l: %trror: %m'
+ 
+-- 
+1.7.10
+