diff --git a/ramcloud-build-scripts/build_jni_so.sh b/ramcloud-build-scripts/build_jni_so.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME:-/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle}
+ONOS_HOME=${ONOS_HOME:-~/ONOS}
+RAMCLOUD_HOME=${RAMCLOUD_HOME:-~/ramcloud}
+RAMCLOUD_BRANCH=${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH:-master}
+
+if [ ! -d ${ONOS_HOME}/target/classes ]; then
+  mvn -f ${ONOS_HOME}/pom.xml
+fi
+
+javah -cp ${ONOS_HOME}/target/classes -o ${ONOS_HOME}/src/main/cpp/edu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.h edu.stanford.ramcloud.JRamCloud
+
+g++ -g -Wall -O3 -shared -fPIC -std=c++0x -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/ -I${JAVA_HOME}/include/linux -I${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/src/ -I${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/obj.${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH}/ -I${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/logcabin/ -I${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/gtest/include/ -L${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/obj.${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH} -o ${ONOS_HOME}/lib/libedu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.so ${ONOS_HOME}/src/main/cpp/edu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.cc -lramcloud
+
+#ln -sf `pwd`/libedu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.so ${RAMCLOUD_HOME}/obj.${RAMCLOUD_BRANCH}
+