Index: lisp/jde-java-font-lock.el
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--- lisp/jde-java-font-lock.el	(revision 239)
+++ lisp/jde-java-font-lock.el	(working copy)
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
 	    '(1 'font-lock-warning-face t)))
 	;; package and imports
 	`(,(c-make-font-lock-search-function
-	    "\\<\\(package\\|import\\(?:\\s-+static\\)?\\)\\s-+\\(\\(?:[a-z*][a-zA-Z0-9]*\\.?\\)*\\)"
+	    "\\<\\(package\\|import\\(?:\\s-+static\\)?\\)\\s-+\\(\\(?:[a-z_$*][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\\.?\\)*\\)"
 	    '(1 'font-lock-keyword-face t)
 	    '(2 'jde-java-font-lock-package-face t)))
 	;; constructor