diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
index eb50e475e4816503c3cd42924316962f7aa029b7..3dba49289670f4030153f0e6eff0e7ce0f3f88fb 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ JAVAHFLAGS += -bootclasspath "$(CLASSBINDIR)$(JCE_PATH)"
 
 # Needed for javadoc to ensure it builds documentation
 # against the newly built classes
-JAVADOCFLAGS += -bootclasspath $(CLASSBINDIR)
+JAVADOCFLAGS += -bootclasspath "$(CLASSBINDIR)$(JCE_PATH)"
 
 # Needed for JAVADOC and BOOT_JAVACFLAGS
 NO_PROPRIETARY_API_WARNINGS = -XDignore.symbol.file=true