--- a/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfGraphics2D.java
+++ b/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfGraphics2D.java
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
 
+//For Gnu-Classpath compatibility
+
+import javax.imageio.*;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.*;
+import javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriteParam;
+
 public class PdfGraphics2D extends Graphics2D {
     
     private static final int FILL = 1;
@@ -173,12 +179,12 @@
         super();
         dg2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
         setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
-        try {
+        /*try {
             Class.forName("com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec");
         }
         catch (Throwable t) {
             convertImagesToJPEG = false;
-        }
+        }*/
         this.convertImagesToJPEG = convertImagesToJPEG;
         this.jpegQuality = quality;
         this.onlyShapes = onlyShapes;
@@ -1266,10 +1272,18 @@
                 g3.dispose();
                 
                 ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGImageEncoder encoder = com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(baos);
-                com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGEncodeParam param = com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(scaled);
-                param.setQuality(jpegQuality, true);
-                encoder.encode(scaled, param);
+                //com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGImageEncoder encoder = com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(baos);
+                //com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGEncodeParam param = com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(scaled);
+                ImageWriter encoder = (ImageWriter)ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("JPEG").next();
+                JPEGImageWriteParam param = new JPEGImageWriteParam(null);
+                
+                param.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_EXPLICIT);
+                param.setCompressionQuality(jpegQuality);
+                encoder.setOutput(baos);
+                encoder.write((IIOMetadata) null, new IIOImage(scaled,null,null), param);
+
+                //param.setQuality(jpegQuality, true);
+                //encoder.encode(scaled, param);
                 scaled.flush();
                 scaled = null;
                 image = com.lowagie.text.Image.getInstance(baos.toByteArray());