diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f17811d9a1250a01764fb80fae2e8cb47b272fc3..8ccdfd2523774acb9139be4dbeb2ee6f75c9ce86 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     sourceCompatibility = 1.7
-    // Set bootClasspath=/path/to/rt.jar:/path/to/jce.jar in gradle.properties if needed
-// Please check if you forgot to check in gradle.properties --zab
-//    if (bootClasspath) {
-//        tasks.withType(AbstractCompile, { AbstractCompile ac ->
-//            ac.options.bootstrapClasspath = files(bootClasspath)
-//        })
-//    }
+    // Set i2pBootClasspath=/path/to/rt.jar:/path/to/jce.jar in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties if needed
+    if (i2pBootClasspath) {
+        tasks.withType(AbstractCompile, { AbstractCompile ac ->
+            ac.options.bootstrapClasspath = files(i2pBootClasspath)
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 //apply from: file('gradle/update.gradle')
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63fe06e83e14540d3255de08c8d4415982ee10c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Override these in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties if necessary
+i2pBootClasspath=