diff --git a/classpath/java/util/jar/JarFile.java b/classpath/java/util/jar/JarFile.java
index af9e34f975..f86fd6ac36 100644
--- a/classpath/java/util/jar/JarFile.java
+++ b/classpath/java/util/jar/JarFile.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class JarFile extends ZipFile {
     return (JarEntry) getEntry(JarEntryFactory.Instance, name);
   }
 
-  private static class MyJarEntry extends JarEntry {
+  private static class MyJarEntry extends JarEntry implements MyEntry {
     public final Window window;
     public final int pointer;
 
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ public class JarFile extends ZipFile {
         return 0;
       }
     }
+
+    public int pointer() {
+      return pointer;
+    }
   }
 
   private static class JarEntryFactory implements EntryFactory {
diff --git a/classpath/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java b/classpath/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
index 2bbb13c35a..c80e7104f2 100644
--- a/classpath/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
+++ b/classpath/java/util/zip/ZipFile.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class ZipFile {
   }
 
   public InputStream getInputStream(ZipEntry entry) throws IOException {
-    int pointer = ((MyZipEntry) entry).pointer;
+    int pointer = ((MyEntry) entry).pointer();
     int method = compressionMethod(window, pointer);
     int size = compressedSize(window, pointer);
     InputStream in = new MyInputStream(file, fileData(window, pointer), size);
@@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ public class ZipFile {
     }
   }
 
-  private static class MyZipEntry extends ZipEntry {
+  protected interface MyEntry {
+    public int pointer();
+  }
+
+  private static class MyZipEntry extends ZipEntry implements MyEntry {
     public final Window window;
     public final int pointer;
 
@@ -277,6 +281,10 @@ public class ZipFile {
         return 0;
       }
     }
+
+    public int pointer() {
+      return pointer;
+    }
   }
 
   protected interface EntryFactory {