diff --git a/src/.config b/src/.config
index bd3a70c82..d86a2afd7 100644
--- a/src/.config
+++ b/src/.config
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ SYSLINUX_SOURCE_URL=http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-6.0
 #                                                                   #
 #####################################################################
 
-# You need to manually download Oracle's JRE or JDK and set the property with
-# the absolute path to the downloaded archive. Example:
-#
-#   JAVA_ARCHIVE=/home/ivan/Downloads/jdk-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz
-#
-#JAVA_ARCHIVE=/absolute/path/to/java.archive.tar.gz
-#JAVA_ARCHIVE=/home/ivan/Downloads/jdk-9_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
-
 # You can find the latest kbd source bundles here:
 #
 #   http://www.kbd-project.org/
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/.config b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b3825af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# You can find the latest Oracle Java/JDK downloads here:
+#
+#   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
+#
+# You need to manually download Oracle's JRE or JDK and set the property with
+# the absolute path to the downloaded archive. Example:
+#
+#   JAVA_ARCHIVE=/home/ivan/Downloads/jdk-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz
+#
+#JAVA_ARCHIVE=/absolute/path/to/java.archive.tar.gz
+JAVA_ARCHIVE=/home/ivan/Downloads/jdk-9.0.1_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle.sh
index 808e543e6..69cd7071b 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle.sh
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 #      JAVA_ARCHIVE=/home/ivan/Downloads/jdk-8u102-linux-x64.tar.gz
 #
 # 3) Run this script. Note that the script will fail with error message if the
-#    'JAVA_ARCHIVE' property is not set or if it points to invalid file.
+#    JAVA_ARCHIVE property is not set or if it points to invalid file.
 
 set -e
 
 . ../../common.sh
 
 # Read the 'JAVA_ARCHIVE' property from '.config'
-JAVA_ARCHIVE="$(grep -i ^JAVA_ARCHIVE $MAIN_SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+JAVA_ARCHIVE=`read_property JAVA_ARCHIVE`
 
 if [ "$JAVA_ARCHIVE" = "" ] ; then
   echo "ERROR: configuration property 'JAVA_ARCHIVE' is not set."
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle_deps b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle_deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61861db9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/java/bundle_deps
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+glibc_full
+zlib