diff --git a/ompi/mpi/java/c/Makefile.am b/ompi/mpi/java/c/Makefile.am
index 4030f7faf6..f101cb6c01 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/java/c/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mpi/java/c/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 if OMPI_WANT_JAVA_BINDINGS
 
 # Get the include files that were generated from the .java source files
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/ompi/mpi/java/java $(OPAL_JDK_CPPFLAGS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/ompi/mpi/java/java $(OPAL_JDK_CPPFLAGS) -DOPAL_DYN_LIB_SUFFIX=\"$(OPAL_DYN_LIB_SUFFIX)\"
 
 headers = \
         mpiJava.h
diff --git a/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_MPI.c b/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_MPI.c
index abaf66a0fa..7d273e3439 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_MPI.c
+++ b/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_MPI.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static void *mpilibhandle=NULL;
  */
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_mpi_MPI_loadGlobalLibraries(JNIEnv *env, jclass obj)
 {
-    if (NULL == (mpilibhandle = dlopen("libmpi.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL))) {
+    if (NULL == (mpilibhandle = dlopen("libmpi." OPAL_DYN_LIB_SUFFIX,
+                                       RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL))) {
         return JNI_FALSE;
     }
     return JNI_TRUE;