diff --git a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
index fd3fe684..a2c0ccc1 100644
--- a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
+++ b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java
@@ -675,9 +675,17 @@ static List<CompilerMessage> parseModernStream( int exitCode, BufferedReader inp
             {
                 // javac output not detected by other parsing
                 // maybe better to ignore only the summary an mark the rest as error
-                if (buffer.length() > 0 && buffer.toString().startsWith("javac:"))
+                String bufferAsString = buffer.toString();
+                if ( buffer.length() > 0 )
                 {
-                    errors.add( new CompilerMessage( buffer.toString(), CompilerMessage.Kind.ERROR ) );
+                    if ( bufferAsString.startsWith("javac:"))
+                    {
+                        errors.add( new CompilerMessage( bufferAsString, CompilerMessage.Kind.ERROR ) );
+                    }
+                    else if ( bufferAsString.startsWith("Error occurred during initialization of boot layer"))
+                    {
+                        errors.add( new CompilerMessage( bufferAsString, CompilerMessage.Kind.OTHER ) );
+                    }
                 }
                 return errors;
             }
diff --git a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
index 676b98f0..fbfd05e4 100644
--- a/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
+++ b/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/ErrorMessageParserTest.java
@@ -894,6 +894,18 @@ public final void testIssue37() throws IOException {
               ".tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:43)" + EOL));
     }
 
+    public void testJvmError() throws Exception
+    {
+        String out = "Error occurred during initialization of boot layer" + EOL +
+        		"java.lang.module.FindException: Module java.xml.bind not found";
+
+        List<CompilerMessage> compilerErrors = JavacCompiler.parseModernStream( 1, new BufferedReader( new StringReader( out ) ));
+
+        assertNotNull( compilerErrors );
+
+        assertEquals( 1, compilerErrors.size() );
+    }
+
     private static void assertEquivalent(CompilerMessage expected, CompilerMessage actual){
         assertEquals("Message did not match", expected.getMessage(), actual.getMessage());
         assertEquals("Kind did not match", expected.getKind(), actual.getKind());