diff --git a/assets/VERSION b/assets/VERSION
index 81b5c5d0..e522732c 100644
--- a/assets/VERSION
+++ b/assets/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-37
+38
diff --git a/src/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedHelpers.java b/src/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedHelpers.java
index 299269da..8e0e6b3e 100644
--- a/src/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedHelpers.java
+++ b/src/de/robv/android/xposed/XposedHelpers.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
@@ -249,9 +250,14 @@ public static Method findMethodBestMatch(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Clas
 		} catch (NoSuchMethodError ignored) {}
 		
 		Method bestMatch = null;
-		for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-			Method[] methods = (i == 0) ? clazz.getDeclaredMethods() : clazz.getMethods();
-			for (Method method : methods) {
+		Class<?> clz = clazz;
+		boolean considerPrivateMethods = true;
+		do {
+			for (Method method : clz.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+				// don't consider private methods of superclasses
+				if (!considerPrivateMethods && Modifier.isPrivate(method.getModifiers()))
+					continue;
+
 				// compare name and parameters
 				if (method.getName().equals(methodName) && ClassUtils.isAssignable(parameterTypes, method.getParameterTypes(), true)) {
 					// get accessible version of method
@@ -263,7 +269,8 @@ public static Method findMethodBestMatch(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Clas
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		}
+			considerPrivateMethods = false;
+		} while ((clz = clz.getSuperclass()) != null);
 		
 		if (bestMatch != null) {
 			bestMatch.setAccessible(true);