diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/reflect/Compile.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/reflect/Compile.java
index f61e2b7ea7..8af9fc08a4 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/reflect/Compile.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/reflect/Compile.java
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ class Compile {
                 if (!options.contains("-classpath")) {
                     StringBuilder classpath = new StringBuilder();
                     String separator = System.getProperty("path.separator");
-                    String prop = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
+                    String cp = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
+                    String mp = System.getProperty("jdk.module.path");
 
-                    if (prop != null && !"".equals(prop))
-                        classpath.append(prop);
+                    if (cp != null && !"".equals(cp))
+                        classpath.append(cp);
+                    if (mp != null && !"".equals(mp))
+                        classpath.append(mp);
 
                     if (cl instanceof URLClassLoader) {
                         for (URL url : ((URLClassLoader) cl).getURLs()) {