Use @CompileStatic for the whole Gradle 2.1 project Christoph Frick - ofnir.net 2014-09-15 Create a config groovyOptionsConfig.groovy: withConfig(configuration) { ast(groovy.transform.CompileStatic) } and use in in your build.gradle: compileGroovy { groovyOptions.configurationScript = file("groovyOptionsConfig.groovy") }