diff --git a/classpath/java/util/Arrays.java b/classpath/java/util/Arrays.java
index e640acec33..9f2ef702c5 100644
--- a/classpath/java/util/Arrays.java
+++ b/classpath/java/util/Arrays.java
@@ -343,7 +343,43 @@ public class Arrays {
       array[i] = value;
     }
   }
-  
+
+  public static void fill(short[] array, short value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void fill(byte[] array, byte value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void fill(boolean[] array, boolean value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void fill(long[] array, long value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+   public static void fill(float[] array, float value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+ public static void fill(double[] array, double value) {
+    for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
+      array[i] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
   public static <T> void fill(T[] array, T value) {
     for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) {
       array[i] = value;