diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9326424b58..2a6f6fee31 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@
                destdir="${build.classes.main}" includeantruntime="false" source="${source.version}" target="${target.version}">
             <src path="${build.src.java}"/>
             <src path="${build.src.gen-java}"/>
+        	<compilerarg value="-XDignore.symbol.file"/>
             <classpath refid="cassandra.classpath"/>
         </javac>
         <antcall target="createVersionPropFile"/>