diff --git a/java/Makefile.am b/java/Makefile.am
index 06d0fc717..ea64f5525 100644
--- a/java/Makefile.am
+++ b/java/Makefile.am
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ libguestfs_jni_la_CFLAGS = \
 	$(WARN_CFLAGS) $(WERROR_CFLAGS) \
 	$(JNI_CFLAGS)
 
-libguestfs_jni_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libguestfs.la
+libguestfs_jni_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(top_builddir)/common/utils/libutils.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libguestfs.la
 
 libguestfs_jni_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(JNI_VERSION_INFO) -shared