https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8218029 http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk13/8218029-testbug-empty-classpath.v01/ Please review this simple fix. For portability, "-cp", "\"\"", in the JVM command-line is replaced with "-Djava.class.path=" Thanks! Ioi