diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 1d09ab875..e6aebdb06 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.10 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2013-01-29: William
+            [Java] Ensure 'javapackage' typemap is used as it stopped working from version 2.0.5.
+
 2013-01-28: William
             [Python] Apply patch SF #334 - Fix default value conversions "TRUE"->True, "FALSE"->False.
 
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Java.html b/Doc/Manual/Java.html
index 8245d46eb..0024d602a 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Java.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Java.html
@@ -5662,7 +5662,7 @@ to make the method and constructor public:
 
 <p>
 The Java directors feature requires the "javadirectorin", "javadirectorout", "directorin" and the "directorout" typemaps in order to work properly.
-The "javapackage" typemap is an optional typemap used to identify the Java package path for individual SWIG generated proxy classes.
+The "javapackage" typemap is an optional typemap used to identify the Java package path for individual SWIG generated proxy classes used in director methods.
 </p>
 
 <p><tt>%typemap(directorin)</tt></p>
@@ -5803,6 +5803,7 @@ The target method is the method in the Java proxy class which overrides the virt
 <p>
 The "javapackage" typemap is optional; it serves to identify a class's Java package.
 This typemap should be used in conjunction with classes that are defined outside of the current SWIG interface file.
+The typemap is only used if the type is used in a director method, that is, in a virtual method in a director class.
 For example:
 </p>
 
@@ -5819,7 +5820,7 @@ For example:
   class Example {
   public:
     virtual ~Example();
-    void     ping(Foo *arg1, Bar *arg2);
+    virtual void ping(Foo *arg1, Bar *arg2);
   };
 }
 </pre>
@@ -5844,7 +5845,7 @@ The corrected interface file looks like:
   class Example {
   public:
     virtual ~Example();
-    void     ping(Foo *arg1, Bar *arg2);
+    virtual void ping(Foo *arg1, Bar *arg2);
   };
 }
 </pre>
diff --git a/Source/Modules/java.cxx b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
index 987b6ddf6..2fb21eca8 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/java.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/java.cxx
@@ -3527,7 +3527,7 @@ public:
     String *pkg_path = Swig_typemap_lookup("javapackage", p, "", 0);
     SwigType *type = Getattr(p, "type");
 
-    if (pkg_path || Len(pkg_path) == 0)
+    if (!pkg_path || Len(pkg_path) == 0)
       pkg_path = package_path;
 
     String *descriptor_out = Copy(descriptor_in);