diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.xml b/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.xml
index 2a0e3c76c9d..0a96203e055 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.xml
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ only undergone fairly basic testing of all the available functionality.</para>
       </para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Python bindings are not currently installed.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Ruby bindings are not currently installed.</para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>Java bindings are not currently installed.</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Go bindings are not currently installed.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
index 95326b4c1c6..3397c2ba386 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/foundationdb/default.nix
@@ -64,18 +64,22 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  makeFlags = [ "all" "fdb_c" "KVRELEASE=1" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "all" "fdb_c" "fdb_java" "KVRELEASE=1" ];
 
   configurePhase = ":";
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -vp $out/{bin,libexec/plugins} $lib/lib $dev/include/foundationdb
+    mkdir -vp $out/{bin,libexec/plugins} $lib/{lib,share/java} $dev/include/foundationdb
 
     cp -v ./lib/libfdb_c.so     $lib/lib
+    cp -v ./lib/libfdb_java.so  $lib/lib
+
     cp -v ./lib/libFDBLibTLS.so $out/libexec/plugins/FDBLibTLS.so
 
     cp -v ./bindings/c/foundationdb/fdb_c.h           $dev/include/foundationdb
     cp -v ./bindings/c/foundationdb/fdb_c_options.g.h $dev/include/foundationdb
 
+    cp -v ./bindings/java/foundationdb-client.jar     $lib/share/java
+
     for x in fdbbackup fdbcli fdbserver fdbmonitor; do
       cp -v "./bin/$x" $out/bin;
     done