diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.4/default.nix
index 57571b97c16..7d09cc9e298 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.4/default.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     optional langJava (fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://gcc/releases/gcc-${version}/gcc-java-${version}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "0i60llrllgm4sbplw2rc9b0gi0mxr88la07a72mvlbblzpxn22hb";
+    }) ++
+
+    optional langJava (fetchurl {
+      # The `$(top_srcdir)/ecj.jar' file is automatically picked up at
+      # `configure' time.
+
+      # XXX: Eventually we might want to take it from upstream.
+      url = "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/java/ecj-4.3.jar";
+      name = "ecj.jar";
+      sha256 = "0jz7hvc0s6iydmhgh5h2m15yza7p2rlss2vkif30vm9y77m97qcx";
     });
-    
+
   patches =
     [./pass-cxxcpp.patch]
     ++ optional noSysDirs ./no-sys-dirs.patch