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diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
index 57e135c..7fff337 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natSystem.cc
@@ -320,8 +320,11 @@ java::lang::System::init_properties (void)
SET ("java.specification.name", "Java(tm) Language Specification");
SET ("java.specification.vendor", "Sun Microsystems Inc.");
- // FIXME: how to set this given location-independence?
- // SET ("java.home", "FIXME");
+ // This definition is rather arbitrary: we choose $(prefix). In
+ // part we do this because most people specify only --prefix and
+ // nothing else when installing gcj. Plus, people are free to
+ // redefine `java.home' with `-D' if necessary.
+ SET ("java.home", PREFIX);
SET ("file.encoding", default_file_encoding);