diff --git a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/JavaLibraryBuildRequest.java b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/JavaLibraryBuildRequest.java
index ece6484ba2880f..7d5b77c15a65ab 100644
--- a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/JavaLibraryBuildRequest.java
+++ b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/JavaLibraryBuildRequest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public final class JavaLibraryBuildRequest {
   /** Resource files that should be put in the root of the output jar. */
   private final ImmutableList<String> rootResourceFiles;
 
+  private final String sourcePath;
   private final String classPath;
   private final String bootClassPath;
   private final String extdir;
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ public JavaLibraryBuildRequest(
     this.resourceJars = ImmutableList.copyOf(optionsParser.getResourceJars());
     this.rootResourceFiles = ImmutableList.copyOf(optionsParser.getRootResourceFiles());
     this.classPath = optionsParser.getClassPath();
+    this.sourcePath = optionsParser.getSourcePath();
     this.bootClassPath = optionsParser.getBootClassPath();
     this.extdir = optionsParser.getExtdir();
     this.processorPath = optionsParser.getProcessorPath();
@@ -197,6 +199,10 @@ public String getSourceGenDir() {
     return sourceGenDir;
   }
 
+  public String getSourcePath() {
+    return sourcePath;
+  }
+
   public String getGeneratedSourcesOutputJar() {
     return generatedSourcesOutputJar;
   }
@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ public BlazeJavacArguments toBlazeJavacArguments(final String classPath) {
         .javacOptions(makeJavacArguments())
         .sourceFiles(ImmutableList.copyOf(getSourceFiles()))
         .processors(null)
+        .sourcePath(toPaths(getSourcePath()))
         .sourceOutput(getSourceGenDir() != null ? Paths.get(getSourceGenDir()) : null)
         .processorPath(toPaths(getProcessorPath()))
         .plugins(getPlugins())
diff --git a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/OptionsParser.java b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/OptionsParser.java
index 7815284fd6d7fb..a2556b17bf4466 100644
--- a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/OptionsParser.java
+++ b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/OptionsParser.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public final class OptionsParser {
   private final List<String> rootResourceFiles = new ArrayList<>();
 
   private String classPath = "";
+  private String sourcePath;
   private String bootClassPath;
   private String extdir;
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ private void processCommandlineArgs(Deque<String> argQueue) throws InvalidComman
           // terminator to the passed arguments.
           collectFlagArguments(javacOpts, argQueue, "--");
           bootClassPathFromJavacOpts();
+          sourcePathFromJavacOpts();
           break;
         case "--direct_dependency":
           {
@@ -169,6 +171,10 @@ private void processCommandlineArgs(Deque<String> argQueue) throws InvalidComman
         case "--classpath":
           classPath = getArgument(argQueue, arg);
           break;
+          // TODO(#970): Consider wether we want to use --sourcepath for resolving of #970.
+        case "--sourcepath":
+          sourcePath = getArgument(argQueue, arg);
+          break;
         case "--bootclasspath":
           bootClassPath = getArgument(argQueue, arg);
           break;
@@ -332,6 +338,19 @@ private void bootClassPathFromJavacOpts() {
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO(#970): Delete that function (either set --sourcepath from Bazel or just drop support).
+  private void sourcePathFromJavacOpts() {
+    Iterator<String> it = javacOpts.iterator();
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+      String curr = it.next();
+      if (curr.equals("-sourcepath") && it.hasNext()) {
+        it.remove();
+        sourcePath = it.next();
+        it.remove();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public List<String> getJavacOpts() {
     return javacOpts;
   }
@@ -408,6 +427,10 @@ public String getBootClassPath() {
     return bootClassPath;
   }
 
+  public String getSourcePath() {
+    return sourcePath;
+  }
+
   public String getExtdir() {
     return extdir;
   }
diff --git a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacArguments.java b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacArguments.java
index 06c3e1c8eef307..f4da51ca7ac2a1 100644
--- a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacArguments.java
+++ b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacArguments.java
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public abstract class BlazeJavacArguments {
   /** The compilation bootclasspath. */
   public abstract ImmutableList<Path> bootClassPath();
 
+  /** The compilation source path. */
+  public abstract ImmutableList<Path> sourcePath();
+
   /** The classpath to load processors from. */
   public abstract ImmutableList<Path> processorPath();
 
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ public static Builder builder() {
         .bootClassPath(ImmutableList.of())
         .javacOptions(ImmutableList.of())
         .sourceFiles(ImmutableList.of())
+        .sourcePath(ImmutableList.of())
         .processors(null)
         .sourceOutput(null)
         .processorPath(ImmutableList.of())
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ public interface Builder {
 
     Builder javacOptions(ImmutableList<String> javacOptions);
 
+    Builder sourcePath(ImmutableList<Path> sourcePath);
+
     Builder sourceFiles(ImmutableList<Path> sourceFiles);
 
     Builder processors(ImmutableList<Processor> processors);
diff --git a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacMain.java b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacMain.java
index ad55b68e691e8f..1cd55846562d03 100644
--- a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacMain.java
+++ b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/buildjar/javac/BlazeJavacMain.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private static void setLocations(JavacFileManager fileManager, BlazeJavacArgumen
       fileManager.setLocationFromPaths(StandardLocation.CLASS_PATH, arguments.classPath());
       fileManager.setLocationFromPaths(
           StandardLocation.CLASS_OUTPUT, ImmutableList.of(arguments.classOutput()));
-      fileManager.setLocationFromPaths(StandardLocation.SOURCE_PATH, ImmutableList.of());
+      fileManager.setLocationFromPaths(StandardLocation.SOURCE_PATH, arguments.sourcePath());
       // TODO(cushon): require an explicit bootclasspath
       Iterable<Path> bootClassPath = arguments.bootClassPath();
       if (!Iterables.isEmpty(bootClassPath)) {
diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_java_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_java_test.sh
index 1ce5184eddf36e..df5eae4ec96b87 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_java_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_java_test.sh
@@ -105,6 +105,45 @@ function test_build_hello_world() {
   bazel build //java/main:main &> $TEST_log || fail "build failed"
 }
 
+# Regression test for #2606: support for passing -sourcepath
+# TODO(#2606): Update when a final solution is found for #2606.
+function test_build_with_sourcepath() {
+  mkdir -p g
+  cat >g/A.java <<'EOF'
+package g;
+public class A {
+   public A() {
+      new B();
+   }
+}
+EOF
+
+  cat >g/B.java <<'EOF'
+package g;
+public class B {
+   public B() {
+   }
+}
+EOF
+
+  cat >g/BUILD <<'EOF'
+genrule(
+  name = "stub",
+  srcs = ["B.java"],
+  outs = ["B.jar"],
+  cmd = "zip $@ $(SRCS)",
+)
+
+java_library(
+  name = "test",
+  srcs = ["A.java"],
+  javacopts = ["-sourcepath $(GENDIR)/$(location :stub)", "-implicit:none"],
+  deps = [":stub"]
+)
+EOF
+  bazel build //g:test >$TEST_log || fail "Failed to build //g:test"
+}
+
 # Runfiles is disabled by default on Windows, but we can test it on Unix by
 # adding flag --experimental_enable_runfiles=0
 function test_build_and_run_hello_world_without_runfiles() {