diff --git a/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index 919546f71..21fd4baf6 100644
--- a/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ else
 		var_append confopt " " "--disable-libgcj"
 	else
 		var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-libgcj"
+		var_append confopt ' ' "--with-ecj-jar=$(match_source_file -p ecj)"
 		var_append languages ',' 'java'
 		if pkginstalled fastjar; then
 			var_append confopt ' ' "--disable-fastjar"
diff --git a/base/gcc/gcc.desc b/base/gcc/gcc.desc
index 1beae8f30..3795934c1 100644
--- a/base/gcc/gcc.desc
+++ b/base/gcc/gcc.desc
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@
 [P] X 012--5---9 102.300
 
 [D] 2608305701 gcc-4.4.4.tar.bz2 ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-4.4.4/
+[D] 271646925 ecj-4.5.jar ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/