diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 260a51d1a..9d626e17f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ endif  # PLATFORM_SHARED_EXT
 
 .PHONY: blackbox_crash_test check clean coverage crash_test ldb_tests \
 	release tags valgrind_check whitebox_crash_test format static_lib shared_lib all \
-	dbg install uninstall
+	dbg rocksdbjavastatic rocksdbjava install uninstall
 
 all: $(LIBRARY) $(PROGRAMS) $(TESTS)
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ unity: unity.cc unity.o
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(PROGRAMS) $(TESTS) $(LIBRARY) $(SHARED) $(MEMENVLIBRARY) build_config.mk unity.cc
 	-rm -rf ios-x86/* ios-arm/*
-	-find . -name "*.[od]" -exec rm {} \;
+	-find . -name "*.[oda]" -exec rm {} \;
 	-find . -type f -regex ".*\.\(\(gcda\)\|\(gcno\)\)" -exec rm {} \;
 tags:
 	ctags * -R
@@ -518,6 +518,37 @@ ROCKSDBJNILIB = librocksdbjni.jnilib
 JAVA_INCLUDE = -I/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Headers/
 endif
 
+libz.a:
+	-rm -rf zlib-1.2.8
+	curl -O http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz
+	tar xvzf zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz
+	cd zlib-1.2.8 && CFLAGS='-fPIC' ./configure --static && make
+	cp zlib-1.2.8/libz.a . 
+
+libbz2.a:
+	-rm -rf bzip2-1.0.6
+	curl -O  http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz 
+	tar xvzf bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
+	cd bzip2-1.0.6 && make CFLAGS='-fPIC -Wall -Winline -O2 -g -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
+	cp bzip2-1.0.6/libbz2.a .
+
+libsnappy.a:
+	-rm -rf snappy-1.1.1
+	curl -O https://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-1.1.1.tar.gz
+	tar xvzf snappy-1.1.1.tar.gz
+	cd snappy-1.1.1 && ./configure --with-pic --enable-static
+	cd snappy-1.1.1 && make
+	cp snappy-1.1.1/.libs/libsnappy.a .
+		
+
+rocksdbjavastatic: libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a
+	OPT="-fPIC -DNDEBUG -O2" $(MAKE) $(LIBRARY) -j
+	cd java;$(MAKE) java;
+	rm -f ./java/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -I./java/. $(JAVA_INCLUDE) -shared -fPIC -o ./java/$(ROCKSDBJNILIB) $(JNI_NATIVE_SOURCES) $(LIBOBJECTS) $(COVERAGEFLAGS) libz.a libbz2.a libsnappy.a
+	cd java;jar -cf $(ROCKSDB_JAR) org/rocksdb/*.class org/rocksdb/util/*.class HISTORY*.md $(ROCKSDBJNILIB)
+	
+
 rocksdbjava:
 	OPT="-fPIC -DNDEBUG -O2" $(MAKE) $(LIBRARY) -j32
 	cd java;$(MAKE) java;
diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/NativeLibraryLoader.java b/java/org/rocksdb/NativeLibraryLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..440056582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/NativeLibraryLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.rocksdb;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class is used to load the RocksDB shared library from within the jar.
+ * The shared library is extracted to a temp folder and loaded from there.
+ */
+public class NativeLibraryLoader {
+  private static String sharedLibraryName = "librocksdbjni.so";
+  private static String tempFilePrefix = "librocksdbjni";
+  private static String tempFileSuffix = ".so";
+
+  public static void loadLibraryFromJar(String tmpDir)
+      throws IOException {
+    File temp;
+    if(tmpDir == null || tmpDir.equals(""))
+      temp = File.createTempFile(tempFilePrefix, tempFileSuffix);
+    else
+      temp = new File(tmpDir + "/" + sharedLibraryName);
+
+    temp.deleteOnExit();
+
+    if (!temp.exists()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("File " + temp.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist.");
+    }
+
+    byte[] buffer = new byte[102400];
+    int readBytes;
+
+    InputStream is = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(sharedLibraryName);
+    if (is == null) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(sharedLibraryName + " was not found inside JAR.");
+    }
+
+    OutputStream os = null;
+    try {
+      os = new FileOutputStream(temp);
+      while ((readBytes = is.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+        os.write(buffer, 0, readBytes);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      if(os != null)
+        os.close();
+
+      if(is != null)
+        is.close();
+    }
+
+    System.load(temp.getAbsolutePath());
+  }
+  /**
+   * Private constructor to disallow instantiation
+   */
+  private NativeLibraryLoader() {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java b/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
index 876a06285..33ca19d9d 100644
--- a/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ package org.rocksdb;
  * native resources will be released as part of the process.
  */
 public class Options extends RocksObject {
+  static {
+    RocksDB.loadLibrary();
+  }
   static final long DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE = 8 << 20;
   static final int DEFAULT_NUM_SHARD_BITS = -1;
   /**
diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java b/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
index f8968d14d..91726253b 100644
--- a/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/RocksDB.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.rocksdb.util.Environment;
+import org.rocksdb.NativeLibraryLoader;
 
 /**
  * A RocksDB is a persistent ordered map from keys to values.  It is safe for
@@ -23,11 +24,19 @@ public class RocksDB extends RocksObject {
   private static final String[] compressionLibs_ = {
       "snappy", "z", "bzip2", "lz4", "lz4hc"};
 
+  static {
+    RocksDB.loadLibrary();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Loads the necessary library files.
    * Calling this method twice will have no effect.
+   * By default the method extracts the shared library for loading at
+   * java.io.tmpdir, however, you can override this temporary location by
+   * setting the environment variable ROCKSDB_SHAREDLIB_DIR.
    */
   public static synchronized void loadLibrary() {
+    String tmpDir = System.getenv("ROCKSDB_SHAREDLIB_DIR");
     // loading possibly necessary libraries.
     for (String lib : compressionLibs_) {
       try {
@@ -36,8 +45,14 @@ public class RocksDB extends RocksObject {
         // since it may be optional, we ignore its loading failure here.
       }
     }
-    // However, if any of them is required.  We will see error here.
-    System.loadLibrary("rocksdbjni");
+    try
+    {
+      NativeLibraryLoader.loadLibraryFromJar(tmpDir);
+    }
+    catch (IOException e)
+    {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Unable to load the RocksDB shared library" + e);
+    }
   }
 
   /**