diff --git a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
index d0ed44dddd3..7d9b4c68ea4 100644
--- a/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
+++ b/mozilla/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
@@ -2047,6 +2047,7 @@ public class ScriptRuntime {
     }
 
     public static final Object[] emptyArgs = new Object[0];
+    public static final String[] emptyStrings = new String[0];
 
 }