diff --git "a/D:\\libraries\\cmake_stage\\Modules\\UseJava.cmake.orig" "b/D:\\libraries\\cmake_stage\\Modules\\UseJava.cmake"
index 3723f2e..072e1c4 100644
--- "a/D:\\libraries\\cmake_stage\\Modules\\UseJava.cmake.orig"
+++ "b/D:\\libraries\\cmake_stage\\Modules\\UseJava.cmake"
@@ -248,6 +248,19 @@ function(add_jar _TARGET_NAME)
     set(_JAVA_DEPENDS)
     set(_JAVA_RESOURCE_FILES)
     foreach(_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILES})
+    
+        # this handles source file lists ("@<path-to-source-file-list>")
+        string(SUBSTRING ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} 0 1 _JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_FIRST_CHAR)
+        if("${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_FIRST_CHAR}" STREQUAL "@")
+            string(LENGTH ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} _JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_LEN)
+            math(EXPR _JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_LEN "${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_LEN} - 1")
+            string(SUBSTRING ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} 1 ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE_LEN} _JAVA_SOURCE_FILE)
+            set(_JAVA_IS_SOURCE_LIST_FILE ON)
+#            message("...having java source file list ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE}")
+        else()
+            set(_JAVA_IS_SOURCE_LIST_FILE OFF)
+        endif()
+        
         get_filename_component(_JAVA_EXT ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} EXT)
         get_filename_component(_JAVA_FILE ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} NAME_WE)
         get_filename_component(_JAVA_PATH ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE} PATH)
@@ -269,6 +282,12 @@ function(add_jar _TARGET_NAME)
             set(_JAVA_CLASS_FILE "${CMAKE_JAVA_CLASS_OUTPUT_PATH}/${_JAVA_REL_PATH}/${_JAVA_FILE}.class")
             set(_JAVA_CLASS_FILES ${_JAVA_CLASS_FILES} ${_JAVA_CLASS_FILE})
 
+        elseif (${_JAVA_IS_SOURCE_LIST_FILE})
+            #TODO: is it ok to simply add @<listfile> to _JAVA_COMPILE_FILES or producing trouble somewhere else?
+            list(APPEND _JAVA_COMPILE_FILES "@${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE}")
+            #TODO: is it ok to use _JAVA_DEPENDS to re-invoke java compilation?
+            list(APPEND _JAVA_DEPENDS ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE})
+            
         elseif (_JAVA_EXT MATCHES ".jar")
             list(APPEND CMAKE_JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH ${_JAVA_SOURCE_FILE})
 
@@ -300,7 +319,7 @@ function(add_jar _TARGET_NAME)
                 -d ${CMAKE_JAVA_CLASS_OUTPUT_PATH}
                 ${_JAVA_COMPILE_FILES}
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${CMAKE_JAVA_CLASS_OUTPUT_PATH}/java_compiled_${_TARGET_NAME}
-            DEPENDS ${_JAVA_COMPILE_FILES}
+            DEPENDS ${_JAVA_COMPILE_FILES} ${_JAVA_DEPENDS}
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
             COMMENT "Building Java objects for ${_TARGET_NAME}.jar"
         )