diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 4f37d8a66f24..0e6761c11ae8 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+1999-10-16  Anthony Green  <green@cygnus.com>
+
+	* java/lang/ClassLoader.java (getSystemResource): Use
+	getSystemClassLoader instead of ClassLoader.system.
+	(getSystemResourceAsStream): Ditto.
+
+	* java/lang/natClassLoader.cc (redirect): Make static and
+	remove #ifdef INTERPRETER so it is always defined.
+	(getVMClassLoader0): Remove #ifdef INTERPRETER so it always
+	returns a VMClassLoader.
+
+	* java/util/ResourceBundle.java (trySomeGetBundle): Create a
+	PropertyResourceBundle if a properties file is found before a
+	ResourceBundle class.
+
 1999-10-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	* gij.cc (main): Formatting fixes.
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/ClassLoader.java b/libjava/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
index 4d520bb6c199..f04868d94e65 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/ClassLoader.java
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ public abstract class ClassLoader {
   protected native Class findLoadedClass(String name);
 
   public static final InputStream getSystemResourceAsStream(String name) {
-    return system.getResourceAsStream (name);
+    return getSystemClassLoader().getResourceAsStream (name);
   }
 
   public static final URL getSystemResource(String name) {
-    return system.getResource (name);
+    return getSystemClassLoader().getResource (name);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
index 9ad81a81a371..af4a4fab6321 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
@@ -48,20 +48,14 @@ extern java::lang::Class ClassLoaderClass;
 
 /////////// java.lang.ClassLoader native methods ////////////
 
-#ifdef INTERPRETER
-gnu::gcj::runtime::VMClassLoader *redirect = 0;
-#endif
+static gnu::gcj::runtime::VMClassLoader *redirect = 0;
 
 java::lang::ClassLoader*
 java::lang::ClassLoader::getVMClassLoader0 ()
 {
-#ifdef INTERPRETER
-    if (redirect == 0)
-	redirect = new gnu::gcj::runtime::VMClassLoader;
-    return redirect;
-#else
-    return 0;
-#endif
+  if (redirect == 0)
+    redirect = new gnu::gcj::runtime::VMClassLoader;
+  return redirect;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/ResourceBundle.java b/libjava/java/util/ResourceBundle.java
index 5a2002aabb6c..0c078cc1ee77 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/ResourceBundle.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/ResourceBundle.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ details.  */
 
 package java.util;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
 /**
  * @author Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
  * @date November 26, 1998.
@@ -106,6 +108,23 @@ public abstract class ResourceBundle
 	      // Fall through.
 	    }
 
+	  // Look for a properties file.
+	  {
+	    InputStream i = 
+		ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream (bundleName.replace ('.', '/') 
+						       + ".properties");
+	    if (i != null)
+	      {
+		try {
+		  return new PropertyResourceBundle (i);
+		} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+		  // The docs don't appear to define what happens in
+		  // this case, but it seems like continuing the
+		  // search is a reasonable thing to do.
+		}
+	      }
+	  }
+
 	  if (bundleName.equals(stopHere))
 	    return result;
 	  else