diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ae2740a..1df91a7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ if HAS_JAVA
 
 $(MESOS_JAR): $(MESOS_JAR_SOURCE) $(MESOS_JAR_GENERATED) java/mesos.pom
 	@echo "Building mesos-$(PACKAGE_VERSION).jar ..."
-	@cd $(abs_top_builddir)/src/java && $(MVN) -f mesos.pom clean package
+	@cd $(abs_top_builddir)/src/java && $(MVN) -f mesos.pom -Dmaven.repo.local=@mavenRepo@ clean package
 
 # Convenience library for JNI bindings.
 # TODO(Charles Reiss): We really should be building the Java library