diff --git a/php.editor/build.xml b/php.editor/build.xml
--- a/php.editor/build.xml
+++ b/php.editor/build.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@
 classpath="/home/ondrej/Dropbox/NetBeans/parser.cutter/dist/parser.cutter.jar" />
 <parsercutter parserpath="src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/ASTPHP5Parser.java" />-->
     </target>
+    
+    <!-- See JAVASCRIPT2.EDITOR build.xml for proper setting -->
+    <target name="release" depends="projectized.release,-verify-bootclasspath"/>
+    <target name="-verify-bootclasspath" depends="build-init">
+        <fail message="Nashorn is not on a bootclasspath (check settings in javascript2.editor module)">
+            <condition>
+                <not>
+                     <available file="${nashorn.prepend}" />
+                </not>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+    </target>
+    <!-- / See JAVASCRIPT2.EDITOR build.xml for proper setting -->
 
 </project>
 
diff --git a/php.editor/nbproject/project.properties b/php.editor/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/php.editor/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/php.editor/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 release.external/predefined_vars.zip=docs/predefined_vars.zip
 sigtest.gen.fail.on.error=false
 
+# See JAVASCRIPT2.EDITOR project.properties for proper setting
+nashorn.prepend=${basedir}/../libs.nashorn/external/nashorn-02f810c26ff9-patched.jar
+bootclasspath.prepend=${nashorn.prepend}:${basedir}/../libs.nashorn/external/asm-all-4.0.jar
+# / See JAVASCRIPT2.EDITOR project.properties for proper setting
+
 test-unit-sys-prop.xtest.php.home=${netbeans.dest.dir}/php
 
 test.config.uicommit.includes=\