diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f383ed69..d434041da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ clean:
 	find . -name "*.[oda]" -exec rm -f {} \;
 	find . -type f -regex ".*\.\(\(gcda\)\|\(gcno\)\)" -exec rm {} \;
 	rm -rf bzip2* snappy* zlib* lz4*
+	cd java; $(MAKE) clean
 
 tags:
 	ctags * -R
diff --git a/java/Makefile b/java/Makefile
index a6afc99d7..8f90a4ba9 100644
--- a/java/Makefile
+++ b/java/Makefile
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ clean:
 	$(AM_V_at)rm -rf $(SAMPLES_OUTPUT)
 
 
-javadocs:
+javadocs: java
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mkdir -p $(JAVADOC)
 	$(AM_V_at)javadoc -d $(JAVADOC) -sourcepath $(MAIN_SRC) -subpackages org
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ resolve_test_deps:
 	test -s "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/cglib/cglib/2.2.2/cglib-2.2.2.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=cglib/cglib/2.2.2/cglib-2.2.2.jar
 	test -s "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/org/assertj/assertj-core/1.7.1/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/assertj/assertj-core/1.7.1/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar
 
-java_test: resolve_test_deps
+java_test: java resolve_test_deps
 	$(AM_V_GEN)mkdir -p $(TEST_CLASSES)
 	$(AM_V_at)javac -cp $(MAIN_CLASSES):$(JAVA_TESTCLASSPATH) -d $(TEST_CLASSES)\
 		$(TEST_SRC)/org/rocksdb/test/*.java\
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ java_test: resolve_test_deps
 		$(TEST_SRC)/org/rocksdb/*.java
 	$(AM_V_at)javah -cp $(MAIN_CLASSES):$(TEST_CLASSES) -d $(NATIVE_INCLUDE) -jni $(NATIVE_JAVA_TEST_CLASSES)
 
-test: java resolve_test_deps java_test run_test
+test: java java_test run_test
 
 run_test:
 	java -ea -Xcheck:jni -Djava.library.path=target -cp "$(MAIN_CLASSES):$(TEST_CLASSES):$(JAVA_TESTCLASSPATH):target/*" org.rocksdb.test.RocksJunitRunner $(JAVA_TESTS)