diff --git a/test cases/java/7 linking/meson.build b/test cases/java/7 linking/meson.build
index 0ae0db39a..5df6d5906 100644
--- a/test cases/java/7 linking/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/java/7 linking/meson.build	
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ subdir('sub')
 
 javaprog = jar('myprog', 'com/mesonbuild/Linking.java',
   main_class : 'com.mesonbuild.Linking',
-  link_with : simplelib)
-test('mytest', javaprog)
\ No newline at end of file
+  link_with : simplelib,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : get_option('bindir'))
+test('mytest', javaprog)
diff --git a/test cases/java/7 linking/sub/meson.build b/test cases/java/7 linking/sub/meson.build
index 13fd202ed..196a645f4 100644
--- a/test cases/java/7 linking/sub/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/java/7 linking/sub/meson.build	
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 simplelib = jar('simplelib',
- 'com/mesonbuild/SimpleLib.java')
+ 'com/mesonbuild/SimpleLib.java',
+ install : true,
+ install_dir : get_option('bindir'))
diff --git a/test cases/java/7 linking/test.json b/test cases/java/7 linking/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..594cb49cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/java/7 linking/test.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "installed": [
+    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/bin/myprog.jar"},
+    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/bin/simplelib.jar"}
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/unittests/linuxliketests.py b/unittests/linuxliketests.py
index 469579827..193ff6b62 100644
--- a/unittests/linuxliketests.py
+++ b/unittests/linuxliketests.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import textwrap
 import os
 import shutil
 import hashlib
+import zipfile
 from unittest import mock, skipUnless, SkipTest
 from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -2069,6 +2070,49 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
                         for param in src['parameters']:
                             self.assertNotIn('liblib.rlib', param)
 
+    @skip_if_not_language('java')
+    def test_jar_install_reproducible(self):
+        '''
+        Test that a jar without a Class-Path manifest attribute is installed
+        unmodified, so that its manifest keeps the timestamp from build time
+        instead of getting stamped with the time of installation.
+        See https://reproducible-builds.org/ for why this is good.
+        '''
+        testdir = os.path.join(self.java_test_dir, '1 basic')
+        self.init(testdir)
+        self.build()
+        self.install()
+        built = Path(self.builddir, 'myprog.jar').read_bytes()
+        installed = Path(self.installdir, 'usr/bin/myprog.jar').read_bytes()
+        self.assertEqual(built, installed)
+
+    @skip_if_not_language('java')
+    def test_jar_install_strips_classpath(self):
+        '''
+        Test that installing a jar that links with other jars strips the
+        Class-Path attribute from its manifest while preserving the other
+        attributes, the entry order and the entry timestamps.
+        '''
+        testdir = os.path.join(self.java_test_dir, '7 linking')
+        self.init(testdir)
+        self.build()
+        self.install()
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'myprog.jar')) as jar:
+            manifest = jar.read('META-INF/MANIFEST.MF').decode('utf-8')
+            self.assertIn('Class-Path:', manifest)
+            built_infos = [(i.filename, i.date_time) for i in jar.infolist()]
+            built_contents = {i.filename: jar.read(i) for i in jar.infolist()}
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'usr', 'bin', 'myprog.jar')) as jar:
+            manifest = jar.read('META-INF/MANIFEST.MF').decode('utf-8')
+            self.assertNotIn('Class-Path:', manifest)
+            self.assertIn('Main-Class:', manifest)
+            # Entry order and mtimes must be preserved from the built jar
+            installed_infos = [(i.filename, i.date_time) for i in jar.infolist()]
+            self.assertEqual(installed_infos, built_infos)
+            for info in jar.infolist():
+                if info.filename != 'META-INF/MANIFEST.MF':
+                    self.assertEqual(jar.read(info), built_contents[info.filename])
+
     def test_sanitizers(self):
         testdir = os.path.join(self.unit_test_dir, '129 sanitizers')