diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/SigarTestCase.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/SigarTestCase.java
index 654adec0..71009c59 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/SigarTestCase.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/SigarTestCase.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public abstract class SigarTestCase extends TestCase {
     private static boolean verbose =
         "true".equals(System.getProperty("sigar.testVerbose"));
 
+    protected static final boolean JDK_14_COMPAT =
+        System.getProperty("java.specification.version").compareTo("1.4") >= 0;
+
     private static PrintStream out = System.out;
 
     public SigarTestCase(String name) {
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestNetStatPort.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestNetStatPort.java
index 9bc0b72e..dfcf1e3d 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestNetStatPort.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestNetStatPort.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.hyperic.sigar.test;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.hyperic.sigar.NetConnection;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.NetFlags;
@@ -62,13 +63,16 @@ public class TestNetStatPort extends SigarTestCase {
         NetInterfaceConfig ifconfig =
             sigar.getNetInterfaceConfig(null);
 
-        String[] addrs = {
-            ifconfig.getAddress(),
-            "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1",
-        };
+        ArrayList addrs = new ArrayList();
+        addrs.add(ifconfig.getAddress());
+        addrs.add(NetFlags.LOOPBACK_ADDRESS);
+        if (JDK_14_COMPAT) {
+            addrs.add(NetFlags.LOOPBACK_ADDRESS_V6);
+        }
 
-        for (int i=0; i<addrs.length; i++) {
-            netstat(sigar, addrs[i], 22);
+        for (int i=0; i<addrs.size(); i++) {
+            String addr = (String)addrs.get(i);
+            netstat(sigar, addr, 22);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestPTQL.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestPTQL.java
index 53feece5..d5723034 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestPTQL.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/test/TestPTQL.java
@@ -186,15 +186,11 @@ public class TestPTQL extends SigarTestCase {
             SigarProxyCache.newInstance(getSigar());
 
         testOK(proxy);
-        String spec =
-            System.getProperty("java.specification.version");
 
-        if (spec.compareTo("1.4") >= 0) {
+        if (JDK_14_COMPAT) {
             testReOK(proxy);
         }
-        else {
-            traceln("skipping re tests for " + spec);
-        }
+
         testMalformed(proxy);
         testLoadFailure(proxy);
     }