diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
index 56073440..612e11e1 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class Sigar implements SigarProxy {
      * This method is implemented on Windows only as a helper
      * for PTQL.
      */
-    public native long getServicePid(String name);
+    public native long getServicePid(String name) throws SigarException;
 
     /**
      * Send a signal to a process.
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
index 278655b7..cf1a02fa 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SigarProxy.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public interface SigarProxy {
 
     public long getPid();
 
-    public long getServicePid(String name);
+    public long getServicePid(String name) throws SigarException;
 
     public Mem getMem() throws SigarException;
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SynchronizedSigar.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SynchronizedSigar.java
index bedfd366..e931a63b 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SynchronizedSigar.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/SynchronizedSigar.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class SynchronizedSigar implements SigarProxy {
     }
 
     public synchronized long getServicePid(String name)
+        throws SigarException
     {
         return this.sigar.getServicePid(name);
     }