diff --git a/Modules/CMakeJavaInformation.cmake b/Modules/CMakeJavaInformation.cmake
index c73b7e84d..76b09e6bd 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeJavaInformation.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeJavaInformation.cmake
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ ENDIF(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE_CXX)
 # this is a place holder if java needed flags for javac they would go here.
 IF(NOT CMAKE_Java_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY)
   SET(CMAKE_Java_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY
-      "<CMAKE_Java_ARCHIVE> -cf <TARGET> -C <OBJECT_DIR> .") 
-# should be this <OBJECTS> but compling a java file can create more than one .class file
-# so for now get all of them
+      "<CMAKE_Java_ARCHIVE> -cf <TARGET> -C <OBJECT_DIR> *.class")
+  # "*.class" should really be "<OBJECTS>" but compling a java file can create
+  # more than one .class file, so for now get all of them
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_Java_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
 # compile a Java file into an object file
 IF(NOT CMAKE_Java_COMPILE_OBJECT)
   SET(CMAKE_Java_COMPILE_OBJECT