diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/build.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/build.properties
index 3a56671acb6..9b6e7bcb3af 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/build.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/build.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ source.cdtcore.jar = build/,\
                      search/,\
                      dependency/
 source.cdtparser.jar = parser/
+jars.compile.order = cdtparser.jar,\
+                     cdtcore.jar