diff --git a/classpath/java/util/Properties.java b/classpath/java/util/Properties.java
index 4233419bfa..41a37bc303 100644
--- a/classpath/java/util/Properties.java
+++ b/classpath/java/util/Properties.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package java.util;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class Properties extends Hashtable {
@@ -8,6 +9,18 @@ public class Properties extends Hashtable {
     new Parser().parse(in, this);
   }
 
+  public void store(OutputStream out, String comment) throws IOException {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  public String getProperty(String key) {
+    return (String)get(key);
+  }
+
+  public void setProperty(String key, String value) {
+    put(key, value);
+  }
+
   private static class Parser {
     private StringBuilder key = null;
     private StringBuilder value = null;