diff --git a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
index 7595492ea..834795071 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/pom.xml
@@ -158,4 +158,21 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>javac-8</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
+          <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
+          <version>1.8.0</version>
+          <scope>system</scope>
+          <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>