diff --git a/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/pom.xml b/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/pom.xml
index cd431a14ab..63e1eaef4e 100644
--- a/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/pom.xml
+++ b/wpilibj/wpilibJavaJNI/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
   <pluginRepositories>
     
   </pluginRepositories>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <embeddedJDKHome>${user.home}/jdk-linux-arm-vfp-slft/jdk1.7.0_45</embeddedJDKHome>
+    <embeddedJDKIncludePath>${embeddedJDKHome}/include</embeddedJDKIncludePath>
+  </properties>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
@@ -62,13 +67,15 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <rules>
-                <requireProperty>
-                  <property>edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.wpilibJavaJNI.embeddedJDKIncludePath</property>
-                  <message>Property 'edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.wpilibJavaJNI.embeddedJDKIncludePath' must be set 
-                    to the /include folder of a jdk-7u45-linux-arm-vfp-sflt JDK. You must use Java 7 u45. 
-                    This JDK for 'Linux ARM v6/v7 Soft Float ABI' may be downloaded from 
-                    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html#jdk-7u45-oth-JPR</message>
-                </requireProperty>
+		<requireFilesExist>
+                  <files>
+                   <file>${embeddedJDKIncludePath}</file>
+                  </files>
+		  <message>A copy of the 'Linux ARM v6/v7 Soft Float ABI' JDK must be extracted to '${embeddedJDKHome}' and
+the folder '${embeddedJDKIncludePath}' must exist to build this module. You must use Java 7 u45. This JDK may be downloaded from 
+http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html#jdk-7u45-oth-JPR. To override
+this default location, specify a value for the 'embeddedJDKHome' property at the command line, like 'mvn -DembeddedJDKHome=path/to/jdk'</message>
+                </requireFilesExist>
               </rules>
               <fail>true</fail>
             </configuration>
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@
          <extensions>true</extensions>
          <configuration>
 			<javahOS>linux</javahOS>
-			<jdkIncludePath>${edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.wpilibJavaJNI.embeddedJDKIncludePath}</jdkIncludePath>
+			<jdkIncludePath>${embeddedJDKIncludePath}</jdkIncludePath>
 		  <sources>
 			<source>
 			  <directory>src/main/native</directory>