--- jLow2High.ml	2016-11-01 08:10:40.000000000 -0700
+++ jLow2High.ml	2017-08-30 14:54:09.000000000 -0700
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@
 	Java (lazy (low2high_code consts bootstrap_methods (Lazy.force c)))
     | [] when is_native -> Native
     | [] ->
-        raise
-          (Class_structure_error
-             "A method not declared as Native, nor Abstract has been found without code.")
+        (* although this will never happen in bytecode generated by Javac, some bytecode generators
+           create empty method bodies without bothering to mark them native *)
+        Native
     | [_] ->
         raise
           (Class_structure_error)