diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9ad6572e..3e694efda 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1035,19 +1035,22 @@ liblz4.a:
 	   cd lz4-r127/lib && make CFLAGS='-fPIC' all
 	   cp lz4-r127/lib/liblz4.a .
 
-# A version of each $(LIBOBJECTS) compiled with -fPIC
-java_libobjects = $(patsubst %,jl/%,$(LIBOBJECTS))
-CLEAN_FILES += jl
+# A version of each $(LIBOBJECTS) compiled with -fPIC and a fixed set of static compression libraries
+java_static_libobjects = $(patsubst %,jls/%,$(LIBOBJECTS))
+CLEAN_FILES += jls
 
-$(java_libobjects): jl/%.o: %.cc
-	$(AM_V_CC)mkdir -p $(@D) && $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -c $< -o $@ $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
+JAVA_STATIC_FLAGS = -DZLIB -DBZIP2 -DSNAPPY -DLZ4
+JAVA_STATIC_INCLUDES = -I./zlib-1.2.8 -I./bzip2-1.0.6 -I./snappy-1.1.1 -I./lz4-r127/lib
 
-rocksdbjavastatic: $(java_libobjects) libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a
+$(java_static_libobjects): jls/%.o: %.cc libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a
+	$(AM_V_CC)mkdir -p $(@D) && $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(JAVA_STATIC_FLAGS) $(JAVA_STATIC_INCLUDES) -fPIC -c $< -o $@ $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
+
+rocksdbjavastatic: $(java_static_libobjects)
 	cd java;$(MAKE) javalib;
 	rm -f ./java/target/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I./java/. $(JAVA_INCLUDE) -shared -fPIC \
 	  -o ./java/target/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB) $(JNI_NATIVE_SOURCES) \
-	  $(java_libobjects) $(COVERAGEFLAGS) \
+	  $(java_static_libobjects) $(COVERAGEFLAGS) \
 	  libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a liblz4.a $(JAVA_STATIC_LDFLAGS)
 	cd java/target;strip -S -x $(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
 	cd java;jar -cf target/$(ROCKSDB_JAR) HISTORY*.md
@@ -1070,6 +1073,13 @@ rocksdbjavastaticpublish: rocksdbjavastaticrelease
 	mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging -DpomFile=java/rocksjni.pom -Dfile=java/target/rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH)-osx.jar -Dclassifier=osx
 	mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging -DpomFile=java/rocksjni.pom -Dfile=java/target/rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH).jar
 
+# A version of each $(LIBOBJECTS) compiled with -fPIC
+java_libobjects = $(patsubst %,jl/%,$(LIBOBJECTS))
+CLEAN_FILES += jl
+
+$(java_libobjects): jl/%.o: %.cc
+	$(AM_V_CC)mkdir -p $(@D) && $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -c $< -o $@ $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
+
 rocksdbjava: $(java_libobjects)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)cd java;$(MAKE) javalib;
 	$(AM_V_at)rm -f ./java/target/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
diff --git a/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh b/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
index 7fd8cfe76..2e8f81d94 100755
--- a/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
+++ b/java/crossbuild/build-linux-centos.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # install all required packages for rocksdb that are available through yum
 ARCH=$(uname -i)
-sudo yum -y install openssl java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel.$ARCH zlib zlib-devel bzip2 bzip2-devel
-sudo yum -y install epel-release-5-4.noarch
-sudo yum -y install snappy snappy-devel
+sudo yum -y install openssl java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel.$ARCH 
 
 # install gcc/g++ 4.8.2 via CERN (http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/)
 sudo wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-devtoolset.repo http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/devtoolset/slc5-devtoolset.repo