diff --git a/Modules/FindJNI.cmake b/Modules/FindJNI.cmake
index 467e3d6be..8fe8f7a63 100644
--- a/Modules/FindJNI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindJNI.cmake
@@ -92,10 +92,14 @@ macro(java_append_library_directories _var)
         if(_path MATCHES "{libarch}")
             foreach(_libarch ${_java_libarch})
                 string(REPLACE "{libarch}" "${_libarch}" _newpath "${_path}")
-                list(APPEND ${_var} "${_newpath}")
+                if(EXISTS ${_newpath})
+                    list(APPEND ${_var} "${_newpath}")
+                endif()
             endforeach()
         else()
-            list(APPEND ${_var} "${_path}")
+            if(EXISTS ${_path})
+                list(APPEND ${_var} "${_path}")
+            endif()
         endif()
     endforeach()
 endmacro()