diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a6ea26a4..1d3715399 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.mysema.codegen</groupId>
   <artifactId>codegen</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.3.8</version>
   <name>Codegen</name>
   <description>Code generation and compilation for Java</description>
   <parent>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriter.java
index a9ff4d036..f1be2519a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriter.java
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ public class ScalaWriter extends AbstractCodeWriter<ScalaWriter>{
         String fullName = type.getFullName();
         String packageName = type.getPackageName();
         String rv = fullName;
+        if (type.isPrimitive() && packageName.isEmpty()){
+            rv = Character.toUpperCase(rv.charAt(0)) + rv.substring(1);
+        }        
         if (packages.contains(packageName) || classes.contains(fullName)){
             if (packageName.length() > 0){
                 rv = fullName.substring(packageName.length()+1);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriterTest.java
index 73af64f32..9739516c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/mysema/codegen/ScalaWriterTest.java
@@ -332,5 +332,19 @@ public class ScalaWriterTest {
         System.out.println(w);
 
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void Primitive() throws IOException {
+        writer.beginClass(testType);
+        
+        writer.beginConstructor(new Parameter("a", Types.INT));
+        writer.end();
+        
+        writer.end();
+        
+        System.out.println(w);
+        
+        assertTrue(w.toString().contains("public JavaWriterTest(a: Int) {"));
+    }
 
 }