diff --git a/mkl2017-xeon-blas/mkl-java-mac/Makefile b/mkl2017-xeon-blas/mkl-java-mac/Makefile
index ebaef50dc..27b4b8f84 100644
--- a/mkl2017-xeon-blas/mkl-java-mac/Makefile
+++ b/mkl2017-xeon-blas/mkl-java-mac/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ override CC = icc
 override CFLAGS = -I ${JAVA_HOME}/include/darwin -c -I ${JAVA_HOME}/include -std=c99 \
                   -fPIC -fstack-protector-all
 override LDFLAGS = -Wall -ldl -liomp5 -shared -mkl=parallel -qopenmp \
-                   -static-intel -no-intel-extensions
+                   -static-intel -no-intel-extensions  -L/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs//MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib
 include ../Makefile.common
 endif
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec16fdc78..dc0d369fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>