diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a57a1abe0..519932e04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ifneq ($(ANT),no)
 BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS += ant
 endif
 ifneq ($(BUCK),no)
-BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS += buck genrule
+BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS += buck genrule buck_javac_jar
 # Introduce the dependency only if the two tests are going to be built in parallel, so that they do
 # not run in parallel (otherwise Buck has a bad time). This works by checking if one of the main
 # testing targets was passed as a goal on the command line.
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/bucklib.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/bucklib.py
index 9f58f6ba6..a1c124559 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/bucklib.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/bucklib.py
@@ -278,10 +278,13 @@ class Wrapper:
             else:
                 self.timer.start('Running Buck ...')
                 buck_config = [
-                    '--config', 'tools.javac=' + infer_script,
                     '--config', 'client.id=infer.java',
                     '--config', 'java.abi_generation_mode=class',
                     '--config', 'infer.no_custom_javac=true',
+                    '--config', 'tools.javac=' + infer_script,
+                    # make sure the javac_jar option is disabled to
+                    # avoid conficts with the javac option
+                    '--config', 'tools.javac_jar=',
                 ]
                 buck_cmd = self.buck_cmd + buck_config
                 subprocess.check_call(buck_cmd)
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/.buckconfig b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/.buckconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f67ce98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/.buckconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[tools]
+  javac_jar = /dev/null
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/Makefile b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1824d6e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018-present, Facebook, Inc.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+TESTS_DIR = ../..
+ROOT_DIR = $(TESTS_DIR)/../..
+
+ANALYZER = checkers
+TARGET = //src:target
+SOURCES = src/UsingJavacJar.java
+OBJECTS = buck-out/gen/src/lib__target__output/target.jar
+BUCKCONFIG = .buckconfig
+INFER_OPTIONS = --eradicate-only
+INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
+CLEAN_EXTRA = buck-out
+
+include $(TESTS_DIR)/infer.make
+
+$(OBJECTS): $(SOURCES) $(BUCKCONFIG)
+	$(BUCK) build --config tools.javac_jar= $(TARGET)
+
+infer-out/report.json: $(SOURCES) $(BUCKCONFIG)
+	$(REMOVE_DIR) buck-out && \
+	$(call silent_on_success,Testing Buck Java integration with javac_jar,\
+	INFER_BIN=$(INFER_BIN) \
+	$(INFER_BIN) $(INFER_OPTIONS) -- $(BUCK) build $(TARGET))
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/issues.exp b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/issues.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b12a1f123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/issues.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/UsingJavacJar.java, Object UsingJavacJar.foo(), 0, ERADICATE_RETURN_NOT_NULLABLE, no_bucket, WARNING, [origin,Method `foo()` may return null but it is not annotated with `@Nullable`. (Origin: null constant at line 10)]
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/BUCK b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/BUCK
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b40bf5cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/BUCK
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+java_library(
+    name = 'target',
+    srcs = glob(['*.java']),
+)
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/UsingJavacJar.java b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/UsingJavacJar.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79fa040c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/buck_javac_jar/src/UsingJavacJar.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+public class UsingJavacJar {
+
+  Object foo() {
+    return null;
+  }
+}