diff --git a/examples/java/JavaExample.java b/examples/java/JavaExample.java
index 7e403fecd..d96553c19 100644
--- a/examples/java/JavaExample.java
+++ b/examples/java/JavaExample.java
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ class JavaExample
             p.SimpleExample();
 
             {
-                HashMap<String, String> cfg = new HashMap<>();
+                HashMap<String, String> cfg = new HashMap<String, String>();
                 cfg.put("MODEL", "true");
                 cfg.put("PROOF_MODE", "2");
                 Context ctx = new Context(cfg);
diff --git a/examples/java/README b/examples/java/README
index 9dc513c2a..fa1f20a63 100644
--- a/examples/java/README
+++ b/examples/java/README
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ To build the example execute
 in the build directory.
 
 It will create JavaExample.class in the build directory,
-which can be run via
-   java -cp com.microsoft.z3.jar;. JavaExample
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+which can be run on Windows via 
+   java -cp com.microsoft.z3.jar;. JavaExample
+
+On Linux and FreeBSD, we must use
+   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. java -cp com.microsoft.z3.jar:. JavaExample
+ 
+   
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