diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.properties b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.properties
index a0b18368d46..1ed889c2c59 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.properties
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.rse.build/build.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ generateFeatureVersionSuffix=true
 javacFailOnError=false
 javacDebugInfo=on
 #javacVerbose=true
-#compileArg=-enableJavadoc
+#compilerArg=-enableJavadoc
+#This fixes a problem with the IBM 1.5 VM, see bug 158358
+compilerArg=-inlineJSR
+
 zipargs=
 tarargs=--owner=0 --group=0