diff --git a/nucleus/common/common-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/loader/ASURLClassLoader.java b/nucleus/common/common-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/loader/ASURLClassLoader.java
index 53fa2758fba..2afc4f1a306 100644
--- a/nucleus/common/common-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/loader/ASURLClassLoader.java
+++ b/nucleus/common/common-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/loader/ASURLClassLoader.java
@@ -621,8 +621,20 @@ private byte[] loadClassData0(final URLEntry res, final String entryName) {
                         res.setProtectionDomain(ASURLClassLoader.this, entry.getCertificates());
                         return classData;
                     }
+                    
+                    if (zip.isMultiRelease()) {
+                        String javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
+                        JarEntry multiVersionEntry = zip.getJarEntry("META-INF/versions/"+javaVersion+"/"+entryName);
+                        if (multiVersionEntry != null) {
+                            InputStream classStream = zip.getInputStream(multiVersionEntry);
+                            byte[] classData = getClassData(classStream);
+                            res.setProtectionDomain(ASURLClassLoader.this, multiVersionEntry.getCertificates());
+                            return classData;
+                        }
+                    }
                 } else { // Its a directory....
-                    File classFile = new File (res.file, entryName.replace('/', File.separatorChar));
+                    String entryPath = entryName.replace('/', File.separatorChar);
+                    File classFile = new File (res.file, entryPath);
                     if (classFile.exists()) {
                         try (InputStream classStream = new FileInputStream(classFile)) {
                             byte[] classData = getClassData(classStream);
@@ -630,6 +642,18 @@ private byte[] loadClassData0(final URLEntry res, final String entryName) {
                             return classData;
                         }
                     }
+                    
+                    File multiVersionDir = new File(res.file, "META-INF/versions/");
+                    if (multiVersionDir.exists()) {
+                        File multiVersionClassFile = new File(multiVersionDir, entryPath);
+                        if (multiVersionClassFile.exists()) {
+                            try (InputStream classStream = new FileInputStream(multiVersionClassFile)) {
+                                byte[] classData = getClassData(classStream);
+                                res.setProtectionDomain(ASURLClassLoader.this, null);
+                                return classData;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             } catch (IOException ioe) {
                 _logger.log(Level.INFO, CULoggerInfo.exceptionInASURLClassLoader, ioe);