diff -ruN jboss-jstl-1.2-api-1.0.3.Final/pom.xml jboss-jstl-1.2-api-1.0.3.Final_modified/pom.xml
--- jboss-jstl-1.2-api-1.0.3.Final/pom.xml	2012-03-18 21:42:07.000000000 -0400
+++ jboss-jstl-1.2-api-1.0.3.Final_modified/pom.xml	2015-10-19 13:26:53.500409162 -0400
@@ -32,6 +32,41 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- copy /usr/share/java/xalan-j2.jar to a directory we want javac to endorse -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-resource-one</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</outputDirectory>
+              <resources>
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>/usr/share/java</directory>
+                  <includes>
+                    <include>xalan-j2.jar</include>
+                  </includes>
+                </resource>
+              </resources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- endorse xalan-j2.jar to avoid the confusion with xml.jar for org.apache.xpath.res.XPATHErrorResources -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <compilerArguments>
+            <endorseddirs>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorseddirs>
+          </compilerArguments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
       <!-- Include LICENSE.txt in the META-INF directory -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>