diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/Compile.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/Compile.java
index d38227785..9cb6fbbfa 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/Compile.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/Compile.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static Object compile(CompileParams params, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (isBspProject(mainProject)) {
+        if (isBspProject(mainProject) && !ProjectUtils.isGradleProject(mainProject)) {
             // Just need to trigger a build for the target project, the Gradle build server will
             // handle the build dependencies for us.
             try {