diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf4a09a..61a237b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ html:
 tests: build_ext
 	cd tests && javac org/jnius/HelloWorld.java
 	cd tests && javac org/jnius/BasicsTest.java
+	cd tests && javac org/jnius/MultipleMethods.java
 	cd tests && env PYTHONPATH=..:$(PYTHONPATH) nosetests -v
diff --git a/jnius/jnius_export_class.pxi b/jnius/jnius_export_class.pxi
index 2c0e276..3bad086 100644
--- a/jnius/jnius_export_class.pxi
+++ b/jnius/jnius_export_class.pxi
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ cdef class JavaMultipleMethod(object):
             else:
                 args_ = args
 
-            score = calculate_score(sign_args, args_)
+            score = calculate_score(sign_args, args_, jm.is_varargs)
 
             if score <= 0:
                 continue
diff --git a/jnius/jnius_utils.pxi b/jnius/jnius_utils.pxi
index 04fba92..d5d5726 100644
--- a/jnius/jnius_utils.pxi
+++ b/jnius/jnius_utils.pxi
@@ -85,16 +85,28 @@ cdef bytes lookup_java_object_name(JNIEnv *j_env, jobject j_obj):
     return name.replace('.', '/')
 
 
-cdef int calculate_score(sign_args, args) except *:
+cdef int calculate_score(sign_args, args, is_varargs=False) except *:
     cdef int index
     cdef int score = 0
     cdef bytes r
     cdef JavaClass jc
 
-    if len(args) != len(sign_args):
+    if len(args) != len(sign_args) and not is_varargs:
+        # if the number of arguments expected is not the same
+        # as the number of arguments the method gets
+        # it can not be the method we are looking for except
+        # if the method has varargs aka. it takes
+        # an undefined number of arguments
         return -1
-
-    score += 10
+    elif len(args) == len(sign_args) and not is_varargs:
+        # if the method has the good number of arguments and
+        # the method doesn't take varargs increment the score
+        # so that it takes precedence over a method with the same
+        # signature and varargs e.g.
+        # (Integer, Integer) takes precedence over (Integer, Integer, Integer...)
+        # and
+        # (Integer, Integer, Integer) takes precedence over (Integer, Integer, Integer...)
+        score += 10
 
     for index in range(len(sign_args)):
         r = sign_args[index]
@@ -193,12 +205,16 @@ cdef int calculate_score(sign_args, args) except *:
                 return -1
 
             # calculate the score for our subarray
-            subscore = calculate_score([r[1:]] * len(arg), arg)
-            if subscore == -1:
-                return -1
-
-            # look like the array is matching, accept it.
-            score += 10
-            continue
-
+            if len(arg) > 0:
+                # if there are supplemantal arguments we compute the score
+                subscore = calculate_score([r[1:]] * len(arg), arg)
+                if subscore == -1:
+                    return -1
+                # the supplemental arguments match the varargs arguments
+                score += 10
+                continue
+            # else if there is no supplemental arguments
+            # it might be the good method but there may be
+            # a method with a better signature so we don't
+            # change this method score
     return score
diff --git a/tests/org/jnius/MultipleMethods.java b/tests/org/jnius/MultipleMethods.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982a22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/org/jnius/MultipleMethods.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package org.jnius;
+
+public class MultipleMethods {
+
+    public static String resolve() {
+	return "resolved no args";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(String i) {
+	return "resolved one arg";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(String i, String j) {
+	return "resolved two args";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(String i, String j, int k) {
+	return "resolved two string and an integer";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(String i, String j, int k, int l) {
+	return "resolved two string and two integers";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(String i, String j, int... integers) {
+	return "resolved two args and varargs";
+    }
+
+    public static String resolve(int... integers) {
+	return "resolved varargs";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_method_multiple_signatures.py b/tests/test_method_multiple_signatures.py
index e740189..b13db57 100644
--- a/tests/test_method_multiple_signatures.py
+++ b/tests/test_method_multiple_signatures.py
@@ -16,3 +16,31 @@ class MultipleSignature(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(s.getBytes('utf8'), [104, 101, 108, 108, 111])
         self.assertEquals(s.indexOf(ord('e')), 1)
         self.assertEquals(s.indexOf(ord('e'), 2), -1)
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_no_args(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve(), 'resolved no args')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_one_arg(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve('arg'), 'resolved one arg')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_two_args(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve('one', 'two'), 'resolved two args')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_two_string_and_an_integer(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve('one', 'two', 1), 'resolved two string and an integer')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_two_string_and_two_integers(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve('one', 'two', 1, 2), 'resolved two string and two integers')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_varargs(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve(1, 2, 3), 'resolved varargs')
+
+    def test_multiple_methods_two_args_and_varargs(self):
+        MultipleMethods = autoclass('org.jnius.MultipleMethods')
+        self.assertEqual(MultipleMethods.resolve('one', 'two', 1, 2, 3), 'resolved two args and varargs')