diff --git a/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties b/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
index 2a71e125c..7a5e08644 100644
--- a/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
+++ b/build/shared/lib/languages/PDE.properties
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ editor.status.type_mismatch = Type mismatch, "%s" does not match with "%s"
 editor.status.unused_variable = The value of the local variable "%s" is not used
 editor.status.uninitialized_variable = The local variable "%s" may not have been initialized
 editor.status.no_effect_assignment = The assignment to variable "%s" has no effect
+editor.status.hiding_enclosing_type = The class "%s" cannot have the same name as your sketch or its' enclosing class
 
 # Footer buttons
 editor.footer.errors = Errors
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorMessageSimplifier.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorMessageSimplifier.java
index 64482276f..806170898 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorMessageSimplifier.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/pdex/ErrorMessageSimplifier.java
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ public class ErrorMessageSimplifier {
         result = Language.interpolate("editor.status.no_effect_assignment", args[0]);
       }
       break;
+
+    case IProblem.HidingEnclosingType:
+      if (args.length > 0) {
+        result = Language.interpolate("editor.status.hiding_enclosing_type", args[0]);
+      }
     }
 
     //log("Simplified Error Msg: " + result);