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