diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 361d9a419..3481fa750 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif
 
 BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS = \
   assembly ck_analytics ck_imports clang_translation delete_results_dir fail_on_issue gradle \
-  linters project_root_rel
+  javac linters project_root_rel
 ifneq ($(ANT),no)
 BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS += ant
 endif
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/build_integration_tests.py b/infer/tests/build_systems/build_integration_tests.py
index 2166e97b8..f61484662 100755
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/build_integration_tests.py
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/build_integration_tests.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ CODETOANALYZE_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'codetoanalyze')
 EXPECTED_OUTPUTS_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'expected_outputs')
 
 ALL_TESTS = [
-    'javac',
     'locale',
     'make',
     'multiclang',
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ def test(name,
 
 class BuildIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_javac_integration(
+    def _test_javac_integration(
             self,
             enabled=None,
             root=os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'examples'),
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ class BuildIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
             enabled=True,
             root=os.path.join(utf8_in_pwd_path, 'gradle'),
             report_fname='utf8_in_pwd_gradle_report.json')
-        self.test_javac_integration(
+        self._test_javac_integration(
             enabled=True,
             root=os.path.join(utf8_in_pwd_path),
             report_fname='utf8_in_pwd_javac_report.json')
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/expected_outputs/javac_report.json b/infer/tests/build_systems/expected_outputs/javac_report.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 32cd14214..000000000
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/expected_outputs/javac_report.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "bug_type": "NULL_DEREFERENCE",
-    "file": "Hello.java",
-    "procedure": "int Hello.test()"
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/Makefile b/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69f293369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+TESTS_DIR = ../..
+ROOT_DIR = $(TESTS_DIR)/../..
+
+ANALYZER = infer
+INFER_OPTIONS =
+INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
+
+PROJECT_ROOT = $(ROOT_DIR)/examples
+SOURCES = $(PROJECT_ROOT)/Hello.java
+
+include $(TESTS_DIR)/javac.make
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/issues.exp b/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/issues.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d86a11a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/javac/issues.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello.java, int Hello.test(), 2, NULL_DEREFERENCE, [start of procedure test()]
diff --git a/infer/tests/javac.make b/infer/tests/javac.make
index 1fc122a44..f02854e70 100644
--- a/infer/tests/javac.make
+++ b/infer/tests/javac.make
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ OBJECTS = $(patsubst %.java,%.class,$(SOURCES))
 include $(TESTS_DIR)/java.make
 include $(TESTS_DIR)/base.make
 
+PROJECT_ROOT ?= $(TESTS_DIR)
+
 $(OBJECTS): $(SOURCES)
 	javac -cp $(CLASSPATH) $(SOURCES)
 
 infer-out/report.json: $(JAVA_DEPS) $(SOURCES)
 	$(call silent_on_success,\
-	  $(INFER_BIN) --project-root $(TESTS_DIR) --inferconfig-home . $(INFER_OPTIONS) -a $(ANALYZER) -- javac -cp $(CLASSPATH) $(SOURCES))
+	  $(INFER_BIN) -a $(ANALYZER) --inferconfig-home . --project-root $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(INFER_OPTIONS) -- \
+	    javac -cp $(CLASSPATH) $(SOURCES))