diff --git a/demos/java/bengala/src/org/example/Bengala.java b/demos/java/bengala/src/org/example/Bengala.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30f50b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/java/bengala/src/org/example/Bengala.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+package org.example;
+
+//import org.example.Animal;
+import org.example.Cat;
+
+class Bengala extends Cat {
+
+    public String sound() {
+            return "Bengala Meow!";
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/demos/java/bengala/wscript b/demos/java/bengala/wscript
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad9d7635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demos/java/bengala/wscript
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+def build(bld):
+
+	bld(features  = 'javac',
+		srcdir      = 'src',
+		compat      = '1.7',
+		use         = 'cats-src',
+		name        = 'bengala-cat',
+		recurse_use = True,
+	)
+
diff --git a/demos/java/wscript b/demos/java/wscript
index 9c927c7c..4ee2f952 100644
--- a/demos/java/wscript
+++ b/demos/java/wscript
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ def build(bld):
 		javadoc_output	= 'javadoc',
 	)
 
-	bld.recurse('animals cats')
+	bld.recurse('animals cats bengala')
 
diff --git a/waflib/Tools/javaw.py b/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
index fd1cf469..ceb08c28 100644
--- a/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
+++ b/waflib/Tools/javaw.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def use_javac_files(self):
 				self.javac_task.dep_nodes.extend(tg.jar_task.outputs)
 			else:
 				if hasattr(tg, 'outdir'):
-					base_node = tg.outdir.abspath()
+					base_node = tg.outdir
 				else:
 					base_node = tg.path.get_bld()