diff --git a/native/plugin.jelly b/native/plugin.jelly
index b4477b4e..9322b774 100644
--- a/native/plugin.jelly
+++ b/native/plugin.jelly
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@
 				</patternset>
 			</fileset>
 		</fileScanner>
+
+  		    <j:set var="compileJNI" value="false"/>
+			<j:forEach var="file" items="${classFiles.iterator()}">
+				<j:set var="clazz" value="${javaSourceTool.getBcelClass(file.toString())}"/>
+				<j:forEach var="method" items="${clazz.getMethods()}">
+					<j:if test="${method.isNative() == 'true'}">
+						<j:set var="compileJNI" value="true"/>
+					</j:if>
+				</j:forEach>
+			</j:forEach>
+
+	<j:if test="${compileJNI == 'true'}">
 		<mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}/native/jni"/>
 		<javah destdir="${maven.build.dir}/native/jni">
 			<classpath>
@@ -74,5 +86,6 @@
 				</j:if>
 			</j:forEach>
 		</javah>
+      </j:if>
 	</goal>
 </project>