diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1382270b4ed4867197d749177e4d48e0cb70ecae..73d38e61417002e1ca7ca86522d81d1a5ba867c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
+		<javadocExecutable>${java.home}/../bin/javadoc</javadocExecutable>
 	</properties>
 
 	<distributionManagement>