diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/dlj-bundle-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/dlj-bundle-builder.sh
index ea2ccbd92f3..3305b982eb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/dlj-bundle-builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/dlj-bundle-builder.sh
@@ -43,18 +43,20 @@ find $out -type f -perm +100 \
     -exec patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
     --set-rpath "$rpath" {} \;
 
-mv $out/bin/javaws $out/bin/javaws.bin
-makeWrapper "$out/bin/javaws.bin" "$out/bin/javaws" \
-    --suffix-each LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$(addSuffix /lib $libPath)"
-
-
 function mozillaExtraLibPath() {
   p=$1
-
   if test -e "$p"; then
     echo "$libstdcpp5/lib" > $p/extra-library-path
   fi
 }
 
-mozillaExtraLibPath "$out/jre/plugin/i386/ns7"
-mozillaExtraLibPath "$out/plugin/i386/ns7"
+if test -z "$pluginSupport"; then
+  rm $out/bin/javaws
+else
+  mv $out/bin/javaws $out/bin/javaws.bin
+  makeWrapper "$out/bin/javaws.bin" "$out/bin/javaws" \
+    --suffix-each LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$(addSuffix /lib $libPath)"
+
+  mozillaExtraLibPath "$out/jre/plugin/i386/ns7"
+  mozillaExtraLibPath "$out/plugin/i386/ns7"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
index 4d9a625b7c7..63e4de70b48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 , unzip
 , xlibs ? null
 , installjdk ? true
-, libstdcpp5
+, pluginSupport ? true
+, libstdcpp5 ? null
 }:
 
 assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
 assert swingSupport -> xlibs != null;
+assert pluginSupport -> libstdcpp5 != null;
 
-(stdenv.mkDerivation {
+(stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   name =
     if installjdk then "jdk-1.6.0" else "jre-1.6.0";
 
@@ -53,14 +55,21 @@ assert swingSupport -> xlibs != null;
   libraries =
     (if swingSupport then [xlibs.libX11 xlibs.libXext xlibs.libXtst xlibs.libXi] else []);
 
+  inherit pluginSupport;
+} // (
   # necessary for javaws and mozilla plugin
-  makeWrapper = ../../../build-support/make-wrapper/make-wrapper.sh;
-  libPath = [libstdcpp5];
-  inherit libstdcpp5;
-}
+  if pluginSupport then
+    {
+      makeWrapper = ../../../build-support/make-wrapper/make-wrapper.sh;
+      libPath = [libstdcpp5];
+      inherit libstdcpp5;
+    }
+  else
+    {}
+))
 //
   {
-    inherit swingSupport;
+    inherit swingSupport pluginSupport;
   }
 // 
   /**
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77dee779269..c6f510800ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -748,10 +748,12 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
-  jre = jdkdistro false;
-  jdk = jdkdistro true;
+  jre = jdkdistro false true;
+  jdk = jdkdistro true true;
 
-  jdkdistro = installjdk :
+  jdkNoPlugin = jdkdistro true false;
+
+  jdkdistro = installjdk : pluginSupport:
     if stdenv.isDarwin then 
       "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home"
     else