diff --git a/classpath/avian/SystemClassLoader.java b/classpath/avian/SystemClassLoader.java
index 3054afe15a..d9e53604b0 100644
--- a/classpath/avian/SystemClassLoader.java
+++ b/classpath/avian/SystemClassLoader.java
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ package avian;
 
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 
 public class SystemClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
   private native VMClass findVMClass(String name)
@@ -40,4 +44,13 @@ public class SystemClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) {
+    Collection<URL> urls = new ArrayList(1);
+    URL url = findResource(name);
+    if (url != null) {
+      urls.add(url);
+    }
+    return Collections.enumeration(urls);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/classpath/java/lang/ClassLoader.java b/classpath/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
index dbd376b62f..54b7a723b7 100644
--- a/classpath/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
+++ b/classpath/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ public abstract class ClassLoader {
     return null;
   }
 
+  protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException {
+    return Collections.enumeration(new ArrayList<URL>(0));
+  }
+
   public URL getResource(String path) {
     URL url = null;
     if (parent != null) {
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 200d132d71..8b8a1593d3 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ ifneq ($(openjdk),)
 			javahome-files += lib/currency.data
 		endif
 		javahome-object = $(build)/javahome-jar.o
+		boot-javahome-object = $(build)/boot-javahome.o
 	else
 	  options := $(options)-openjdk
 		test-executable = $(executable-dynamic)
@@ -673,6 +674,9 @@ $(build)/main-dynamic.o: $(driver-source)
 $(boot-object): $(boot-source)
 	$(compile-object)
 
+$(boot-javahome-object): $(src)/boot-javahome.cpp
+	$(compile-object)
+
 $(build)/binaryToObject-main.o: $(src)/binaryToObject/main.cpp
 	$(build-cxx) -c $(^) -o $(@)
 
@@ -726,7 +730,8 @@ $(generator-objects): $(build)/%-build.o: $(src)/%.cpp
 $(jni-objects): $(build)/%.o: $(classpath-src)/%.cpp
 	$(compile-object)
 
-$(static-library): $(vm-objects) $(classpath-objects) $(vm-heapwalk-objects)
+$(static-library): $(vm-objects) $(classpath-objects) $(vm-heapwalk-objects) \
+		$(javahome-object) $(boot-javahome-object)
 	@echo "creating $(@)"
 	rm -rf $(@)
 	$(ar) cru $(@) $(^)
@@ -743,7 +748,7 @@ $(bootimage-object): $(bootimage-bin) $(converter)
 
 executable-objects = $(vm-objects) $(classpath-objects) $(driver-object) \
 	$(vm-heapwalk-objects) $(boot-object) $(vm-classpath-object) \
-	$(javahome-object)
+	$(javahome-object) $(boot-javahome-object)
 
 $(executable): $(executable-objects)
 	@echo "linking $(@)"
@@ -792,7 +797,7 @@ endif
 
 $(dynamic-library): $(vm-objects) $(dynamic-object) $(classpath-objects) \
 		$(vm-heapwalk-objects) $(boot-object) $(vm-classpath-object) \
-		$(classpath-libraries) $(javahome-object)
+		$(classpath-libraries) $(javahome-object) $(boot-javahome-object)
 	@echo "linking $(@)"
 ifdef msvc
 	$(ld) $(shared) $(lflags) $(^) -out:$(@) -PDB:$(@).pdb \
diff --git a/src/boot.cpp b/src/boot.cpp
index f6a1cd8d20..e677b81bde 100644
--- a/src/boot.cpp
+++ b/src/boot.cpp
@@ -81,29 +81,3 @@ extern "C" {
 #undef SYMBOL
 
 #endif//BOOT_CLASSPATH
-
-#ifdef BOOT_JAVAHOME
-
-#if (defined __MINGW32__) || (defined _MSC_VER)
-#  define SYMBOL(x) binary_javahome_jar_##x
-#else
-#  define SYMBOL(x) _binary_javahome_jar_##x
-#endif
-
-extern "C" {
-
-  extern const uint8_t SYMBOL(start)[];
-  extern const uint8_t SYMBOL(end)[];
-
-  EXPORT const uint8_t*
-  javahomeJar(unsigned* size)
-  {
-    *size = SYMBOL(end) - SYMBOL(start);
-    return SYMBOL(start);
-  }
-
-}
-
-#undef SYMBOL
-
-#endif//BOOT_JAVAHOME
diff --git a/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp b/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
index 177dd077ef..d1986e6125 100644
--- a/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
+++ b/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ class MyClasspath : public Classpath {
   {
     globalMachine = t->m;
 
+    resolveSystemClass(t, root(t, Machine::BootLoader),
+                       className(t, type(t, Machine::ClassLoaderType)));
+    if (UNLIKELY(t->exception)) return;
+
 #ifdef AVIAN_OPENJDK_SRC
     interceptFileOperations(t);
     if (UNLIKELY(t->exception)) return;
@@ -391,10 +395,6 @@ class MyClasspath : public Classpath {
     }
 #endif // not AVIAN_OPENJDK_SRC
 
-    resolveSystemClass(t, root(t, Machine::BootLoader),
-                       className(t, type(t, Machine::ClassLoaderType)));
-    if (UNLIKELY(t->exception)) return;
-
     object constructor = resolveMethod
       (t, type(t, Machine::ClassLoaderType), "<init>",
        "(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;)V");
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ checkFileAccess
 }
 
 int64_t JNICALL
-getLength
+getFileLength
 (Thread* t, object method, uintptr_t* arguments)
 {
   MyClasspath* cp = static_cast<MyClasspath*>(t->m->classpath);
@@ -1012,13 +1012,49 @@ closeFile(Thread* t, object method, uintptr_t* arguments)
   }
 }
 
+int64_t JNICALL
+getBootstrapResource(Thread* t, object, uintptr_t* arguments)
+{
+  object name = reinterpret_cast<object>(arguments[0]);
+  PROTECT(t, name);
+
+  object m = findMethodOrNull
+    (t, type(t, Machine::SystemClassLoaderType),
+     "findResource", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/net/URL;");
+  
+  if (m) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<int64_t>
+      (t->m->processor->invoke(t, m, root(t, Machine::BootLoader), name));
+  } else {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+int64_t JNICALL
+getBootstrapResources(Thread* t, object, uintptr_t* arguments)
+{
+  object name = reinterpret_cast<object>(arguments[0]);
+  PROTECT(t, name);
+
+  object m = findMethodOrNull
+    (t, type(t, Machine::SystemClassLoaderType),
+     "findResources", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/Enumeration;");
+  
+  if (m) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<int64_t>
+      (t->m->processor->invoke(t, m, root(t, Machine::BootLoader), name));
+  } else {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
 // only safe to call during bootstrap when there's only one thread
 // running:
 void
 intercept(Thread* t, object c, const char* name, const char* spec,
           void* function)
 {
-  object m = findMethodOrNull(t, c, name, spec);        
+  object m = findMethodOrNull(t, c, name, spec);
   if (m) {
     PROTECT(t, m);
 
@@ -1121,8 +1157,16 @@ interceptFileOperations(Thread* t)
               voidPointer(checkFileAccess));
   
     intercept(t, fsClass, "getLength", "(Ljava/io/File;)J",
-              voidPointer(getLength));
+              voidPointer(getFileLength));
   }
+
+  intercept(t, type(t, Machine::ClassLoaderType), "getBootstrapResource",
+            "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/net/URL;",
+            voidPointer(getBootstrapResource));
+
+  intercept(t, type(t, Machine::ClassLoaderType), "getBootstrapResources",
+            "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/Enumeration;",
+            voidPointer(getBootstrapResources));
 }
 
 unsigned