diff --git a/build_java.pl b/build_java.pl

index 78cc5fd0..b74a9338 100644

--- a/jss/build_java.pl

+++ b/jss/build_java.pl

@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ sub setup_vars {

     }

     $jni_header_dir = "$dist_dir/private/jss/_jni";

+    $classpath = "-classpath /usr/share/java/apache-commons-codec.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-lang.jar:/usr/share/java/ldapjdk.jar:";

     if( $jce_jar ) {

-        $classpath = "-classpath $jce_jar";

+        $classpath .= ":$jce_jar";

     }

     # retrieve present working directory