diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/make-bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/make-bootstrap.nix
index 539e1bd23502..ca6533b72acc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/make-bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/make-bootstrap.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ runCommand, openjdk }:
+{ runCommand, openjdk, nukeReferences }:
 
 let arch = if openjdk.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64" else "i386"; in
 
-runCommand "${openjdk.name}-bootstrap" {} ''
-  mkdir -p $out/bin
-  mkdir -p $out/lib
-  mkdir -p $out/jre/lib/{security,ext,${arch}/{jli,server,headless}}
-  cp ${openjdk}/bin/{idlj,ja{va{,c,p,h},r},rmic} $out/bin
-  cp ${openjdk}/lib/tools.jar $out/lib
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/{meta-index,{charsets,jce,jsse,rt,resources}.jar,currency.data} $out/jre/lib
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/security/java.security $out/jre/lib/security
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/ext/{meta-index,sunjce_provider.jar} $out/jre/lib/ext
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/{jvm.cfg,lib{awt,java,verify,zip,nio,net}.so} $out/jre/lib/${arch}
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/jli/libjli.so $out/jre/lib/${arch}/jli
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/server/libjvm.so $out/jre/lib/${arch}/server
-  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/headless/libmawt.so $out/jre/lib/${arch}/headless
-  cp -a ${openjdk}/include $out
+runCommand "${openjdk.name}-bootstrap.tar.xz" {} ''
+  mkdir -p openjdk-bootstrap/bin
+  mkdir -p openjdk-bootstrap/lib
+  mkdir -p openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/{security,ext,${arch}/{jli,server,headless}}
+  cp ${openjdk}/bin/{idlj,ja{va{,c,p,h},r},rmic} openjdk-bootstrap/bin
+  cp ${openjdk}/lib/tools.jar openjdk-bootstrap/lib
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/{meta-index,{charsets,jce,jsse,rt,resources}.jar,currency.data} openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/security/java.security openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/security
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/ext/{meta-index,sunjce_provider.jar} openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/ext
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/{jvm.cfg,lib{awt,java,verify,zip,nio,net}.so} openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/${arch}
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/jli/libjli.so openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/${arch}/jli
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/server/libjvm.so openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/${arch}/server
+  cp ${openjdk}/jre/lib/${arch}/headless/libmawt.so openjdk-bootstrap/jre/lib/${arch}/headless
+  cp -a ${openjdk}/include openjdk-bootstrap
+
+  chmod -R +w openjdk-bootstrap
+  find openjdk-bootstrap -print0 | xargs -0 ${nukeReferences}/bin/nuke-refs
+
+  tar cv openjdk-bootstrap | xz > $out
 ''