diff --git a/packages/jni/namespaced/Api.Jni.pas b/packages/jni/namespaced/Api.Jni.pas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b5df44b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jni/namespaced/Api.Jni.pas
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+unit Api.Jni;
+{$DEFINE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+{$i jni.pas}
diff --git a/packages/jni/namespaces.lst b/packages/jni/namespaces.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2a93c520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jni/namespaces.lst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+src/jni.pas=namespaced/Api.Jni.pas
+{s*:src/}=namespaced/
+{i+:src/}
diff --git a/packages/jni/src/jni.pas b/packages/jni/src/jni.pas
index 1205a826f7..e000f84ec3 100644
--- a/packages/jni/src/jni.pas
+++ b/packages/jni/src/jni.pas
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+{$IFNDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 unit jni;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 {$ifdef fpc}
  {$mode delphi}
  {$packrecords c}