diff --git a/src/lib/find-files.ts b/src/lib/find-files.ts
index 1f66b65b373..01bf502834f 100644
--- a/src/lib/find-files.ts
+++ b/src/lib/find-files.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ function chooseBestManifest(
       )[0];
       return defaultManifest.path;
     }
+    case 'gradle': {
+      debug(
+        'Encountered multiple gradle manifest files, defaulting to build.gradle',
+      );
+      const defaultManifest = files.filter((path) =>
+        ['build.gradle'].includes(path.base),
+      )[0];
+      return defaultManifest.path;
+    }
     default: {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/test/find-files.test.ts b/test/find-files.test.ts
index ca6e2877ec5..052f30db080 100644
--- a/test/find-files.test.ts
+++ b/test/find-files.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ test('find all files in test fixture', async (t) => {
     path.join(testFixture, 'golang', 'golang-gomodules', 'go.mod'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle', 'build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-kts', 'build.gradle.kts'),
+    path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-and-kotlin', 'build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-multiple', 'gradle/build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-multiple', 'gradle-another/build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'maven', 'pom.xml'),
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ test('find all files in test fixture ignoring node_modules', async (t) => {
     path.join(testFixture, 'golang', 'golang-gomodules', 'go.mod'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle', 'build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-kts', 'build.gradle.kts'),
+    path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-and-kotlin', 'build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-multiple', 'gradle/build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-multiple', 'gradle-another/build.gradle'),
     path.join(testFixture, 'maven', 'pom.xml'),
@@ -102,6 +104,19 @@ test('find package-lock.json file in test fixture (ignore package.json in the sa
   t.same(result, expected, 'should return expected file');
 });
 
+test('find build.gradle file in test fixture (ignore build.gradle in the same folder)', async (t) => {
+  const buildGradle = path.join(testFixture, 'gradle-and-kotlin');
+
+  const result = await find(
+    buildGradle,
+    [],
+    ['build.gradle.kts', 'build.gradle'],
+    1,
+  );
+  const expected = [path.join(buildGradle, 'build.gradle')];
+  t.same(result, expected, 'should return expected file');
+});
+
 test('find Gemfile.lock file in test fixture (ignore Gemfile in the same folder)', async (t) => {
   const npmLockfilePath = path.join(testFixture, 'ruby');
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/find-files/gradle-and-kotlin/build.gradle b/test/fixtures/find-files/gradle-and-kotlin/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/test/fixtures/find-files/gradle-and-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/test/fixtures/find-files/gradle-and-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..545523eb6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/find-files/gradle-and-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
+plugins {
+	val kotlinVersion = "1.3.21"
+	id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version kotlinVersion
+	id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.spring") version kotlinVersion
+	id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.jpa") version kotlinVersion
+}
+
+version = "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
+tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
+	kotlinOptions {
+		jvmTarget = "1.8"
+		freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xjsr305=strict")
+	}
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Test> {
+	useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  // Removed Spring because too heavy
+	compile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
+	testCompile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect") {
+		exclude(module = "junit")
+	}
+}