diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
index 6181ca90..6e40d4f8 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
@@ -657,6 +657,11 @@ my %classes = (
          desc => '',
          plat => '*'
       },
+      {
+         name => 'type', type => 'String',
+         desc => '',
+         plat => '*'
+      },
       {
          name => 'address', type => 'NetAddr',
          desc => '',