diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c4657d..64c7714 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Prerequisites:
 
 TLTR:
 ```bash
+# Install java8
+sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre
+
 dpkg --add-architecture i386
 apt-get install build-essential gcc-multilib g++-multilib mingw-w64 xz-utils libxml2-dev clang patch git gcc-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf autoconf libtool linux-libc-dev:i386 gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf zip
 #setup osxcross + add binaries to PATH
diff --git a/compile_linux.sh b/compile_linux.sh
index f845453..01d84c9 100755
--- a/compile_linux.sh
+++ b/compile_linux.sh
@@ -1,39 +1,82 @@
 #!/bin/bash -xe
 
-JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/jvm/jdk1.8.0/include/
-
-mkdir -p distrib/linux64
-cd libserialport
-./autogen.sh
-./configure
-make clean
-make
-cd ..
-gcc main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/  -o listSerialC
-cp listSerialC distrib/linux64/listSerialC
-gcc jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
-cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/linux64/
-
-mkdir -p distrib/linux32
-cd libserialport
-./autogen.sh
-CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure
-make clean
-make
-cd ..
-gcc -m32 main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -o listSerialC
-cp listSerialC distrib/linux32/listSerialC
-gcc -m32 jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
-cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/linux32
-
-mkdir -p distrib/arm
-cd libserialport
-./autogen.sh
-./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf
-make clean
-make
-cd ..
-arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/  -o listSerialC
-cp listSerialC distrib/arm/listSerialC
-arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
-cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/arm/
+# Add manual java path (make sure to add "/include/")
+JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=
+
+# Building from arm directly?
+ARM=FALSE
+
+if [ -d "$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH" ]
+then
+    echo "Using user selected java path: $JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH"
+
+elif [ -d "/opt/jvm/jdk1.8.0/include/" ]
+then
+    JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/jvm/jdk1.8.0/include/
+
+elif [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64" ]
+then
+    JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/include/
+
+elif [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-armhf" ]
+then
+    JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-armhf/include/
+    ARM=TRUE
+
+else
+    echo "No java installation found. Please install java or manually enter the include path."
+    echo "sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH
+
+# Compiling on arm directly
+if [ "$ARM" == "TRUE" ]
+then
+    mkdir -p distrib/arm
+    cd libserialport
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure
+    make clean
+    make
+    cd ..
+    gcc main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/  -o listSerialC
+    cp listSerialC distrib/arm/listSerialC
+    gcc jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-armhf/include/ -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-armhf/include/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
+    cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/arm/
+else
+    mkdir -p distrib/linux64
+    cd libserialport
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure
+    make clean
+    make
+    cd ..
+    gcc main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/  -o listSerialC
+    cp listSerialC distrib/linux64/listSerialC
+    gcc jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
+    cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/linux64/
+
+    mkdir -p distrib/linux32
+    cd libserialport
+    CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure
+    make clean
+    make
+    cd ..
+    gcc -m32 main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -o listSerialC
+    cp listSerialC distrib/linux32/listSerialC
+    gcc -m32 jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
+    cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/linux32
+
+    mkdir -p distrib/arm
+    cd libserialport
+    ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf
+    make clean
+    make
+    cd ..
+    arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc main.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/  -o listSerialC
+    cp listSerialC distrib/arm/listSerialC
+    arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc jnilib.c libserialport/linux_termios.c libserialport/linux.c libserialport/serialport.c -Ilibserialport/ -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH -I$JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH/linux/ -shared -fPIC -o liblistSerialsj.so
+    cp liblistSerialsj.so distrib/arm/
+fi