diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 18c1c1ddf8..314a0b3bb5 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(platform("org.openrewrite:rewrite-bom:${rewriteVersion}"))
     implementation("org.openrewrite:rewrite-java")
+    implementation("org.openrewrite:rewrite-groovy:${rewriteVersion}")
     implementation("org.openrewrite:rewrite-kotlin:${rewriteVersion}")
     implementation("org.openrewrite.meta:rewrite-analysis:${rewriteVersion}")
     implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-text:latest.release")
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/StringLiteralEquality.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/StringLiteralEquality.java
index 483fb3fed0..0c86c7b9b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/StringLiteralEquality.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/StringLiteralEquality.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesType;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
 import org.openrewrite.marker.Markers;
+import org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.groovy.GroovyFileChecker;
 import org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.kotlin.KotlinFileChecker;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -57,8 +58,11 @@ public Duration getEstimatedEffortPerOccurrence() {
     public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
         // Don't change for Kotlin because In Kotlin, `==` means structural equality, so it's redundant to call equals().
         // see https://rules.sonarsource.com/kotlin/RSPEC-6519/
-        TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> preconditions = Preconditions.and(Preconditions.not(new KotlinFileChecker<>()),
-            new UsesType<>("java.lang.String", false));
+        TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> preconditions = Preconditions.and(
+                Preconditions.and(
+                        Preconditions.not(new KotlinFileChecker<>()),
+                        Preconditions.not(new GroovyFileChecker<>())),
+                new UsesType<>("java.lang.String", false));
         return Preconditions.check(preconditions, new JavaVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
             private final JavaType.FullyQualified TYPE_STRING = TypeUtils.asFullyQualified(JavaType.buildType("java.lang.String"));
             private final JavaType TYPE_OBJECT = JavaType.buildType("java.lang.Object");
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ private J.MethodInvocation asEqualsMethodInvocation(J.Binary binary) {
                         Markers.EMPTY,
                         new JRightPadded<>(binary.getLeft().withPrefix(Space.EMPTY), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY),
                         null,
-                        new J.Identifier(Tree.randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY, emptyList(),"equals", JavaType.Primitive.Boolean, null),
+                        new J.Identifier(Tree.randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY, emptyList(), "equals", JavaType.Primitive.Boolean, null),
                         JContainer.build(singletonList(new JRightPadded<>(binary.getRight().withPrefix(Space.EMPTY), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY))),
                         new JavaType.Method(
                                 null,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/GroovyFileChecker.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/GroovyFileChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2476b20ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/GroovyFileChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.groovy;
+
+import org.openrewrite.Tree;
+import org.openrewrite.TreeVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.groovy.tree.G;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.marker.SearchResult;
+
+/**
+ * Add a search marker if vising a Groovy file
+ */
+public class GroovyFileChecker<P> extends TreeVisitor<Tree, P> {
+    @Override
+    public @Nullable Tree visit(@Nullable Tree tree, P p) {
+        if (tree instanceof G.CompilationUnit) {
+            return SearchResult.found(tree);
+        }
+        return tree;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/StringLiteralEqualityTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/StringLiteralEqualityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97f0a7e8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/groovy/StringLiteralEqualityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.groovy;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.StringLiteralEquality;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.groovy.Assertions.groovy;
+
+class StringLiteralEqualityTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.recipe(new StringLiteralEquality());
+    }
+
+    // Don't change for Groovy because in Groovy, `==` means structural equality and it's redundant to call equals().
+    @Test
+    void doNotChangeForGroovy() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          groovy(
+            """
+              def foo(String token) {
+                  if (token == "Foo" ) {
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}