diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index abd78b7..56eb917 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -1009,6 +1009,8 @@
 		ctx.InstallFile(a.installDir, a.outputFile.Base(), a.outputFile, extraInstalledPaths...)
 	}
 
+	ctx.CheckbuildFile(a.outputFile)
+
 	a.buildAppDependencyInfo(ctx)
 
 	providePrebuiltInfo(ctx,