diff --git a/groovy/src/main/groovy/org/jline/groovy/Utils.groovy b/groovy/src/main/groovy/org/jline/groovy/Utils.groovy
index 1ccb27335..ea5dfff76 100644
--- a/groovy/src/main/groovy/org/jline/groovy/Utils.groovy
+++ b/groovy/src/main/groovy/org/jline/groovy/Utils.groovy
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class Utils {
     private Utils() {}
 
     static String toString(Object object) {
-        object ? object.toString() : 'null'
+        object != null ? object.toString() : 'null'
     }
 
     static Object toObject(String json) {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class Utils {
     }
 
     static Map<String,Object> toMap(Object object) {
-        object ? object.properties : null
+        object != null ? object.properties : null
     }
 
     static String toJson(Object object) {
diff --git a/groovy/src/main/java/org/jline/script/GroovyEngine.java b/groovy/src/main/java/org/jline/script/GroovyEngine.java
index 15e1ae723..9d99c9976 100644
--- a/groovy/src/main/java/org/jline/script/GroovyEngine.java
+++ b/groovy/src/main/java/org/jline/script/GroovyEngine.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.jline.reader.ScriptEngine;
 
 import groovy.lang.Binding;
+import groovy.lang.Closure;
 import groovy.lang.GroovyShell;
 import groovy.lang.Script;
 
@@ -165,6 +166,14 @@ public Object execute(String statement) throws Exception {
         return out;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Object execute(Object closure, Object... args) {
+        if (!(closure instanceof Closure)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+        return ((Closure<?>)closure).call(args);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getEngineName() {
         return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/ScriptEngine.java b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/ScriptEngine.java
index 675d8dd88..41e446629 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/ScriptEngine.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/org/jline/reader/ScriptEngine.java
@@ -157,4 +157,13 @@ default Object execute(File script) throws Exception {
      */
     Object execute(File script, Object[] args) throws Exception;
 
+    /**
+     * Executes scriptEngine closure
+     * @param closure
+     * @param args
+     * @return
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    Object execute(Object closure, Object... args);
+
 }