diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 523806946..fca4cc766 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -260,7 +260,19 @@
         <version>2.18</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- set heap size to work around http://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/3396 -->
-          <argLine>-Xmx1024m --illegal-access=permit</argLine>
+          <argLine>
+            -Xmx1024m
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.model=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.processing=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED
+            --add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp=ALL-UNNAMED
+          </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>