diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index 89fb76a55f3..1a6acecc206 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
             (electric-quote-string . nil)
             (indent-tabs-mode . t)
 	    (mode . bug-reference-prog)))
+ (java-mode . ((c-file-style . "GNU")
+               (electric-quote-comment . nil)
+               (electric-quote-string . nil)
+               (indent-tabs-mode . t)
+	       (mode . bug-reference-prog)))
  (objc-mode . ((c-file-style . "GNU")
                (electric-quote-comment . nil)
                (electric-quote-string . nil)