diff --git a/j2ee.ejbcore/nbproject/project.properties b/j2ee.ejbcore/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/j2ee.ejbcore/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/j2ee.ejbcore/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@
 
 test.unit.cp.extra=\
     ${nb_all}/j2ee.dd/external/javaee-api-5.jar
+requires.nb.javac=true
+
diff --git a/j2ee.persistence/nbproject/project.properties b/j2ee.persistence/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/j2ee.persistence/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/j2ee.persistence/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@
 test.unit.run.cp.extra=${j2eeserver.dir}/modules/ext/jsr88javax.jar:${j2ee.persistence.dir}/modules/ext/eclipselink/eclipselink-2.1.0.jar:${j2ee.persistence.dir}/modules/ext/eclipselink/eclipselink-javax.persistence-2.0.jar:${masterfs.dir}/modules/org-netbeans-modules-masterfs.jar
 
 sigtest.gen.fail.on.error=false
+requires.nb.javac=true
+