diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
index 0be612de37b3f0adc4f400928221dd97cb11bbf6..e65028d015cd8abb16b00333480cfb88cab25111 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def create_dummy_java_class(project_name):
     java_package_path = os.path.join(path, 'src', 'main', 'java', 'com', 'github', package_name, project_name)
     utils.mkdir_p(java_package_path)
     filename = os.path.join(java_package_path, 'Dude.java')
-    java_class = "package com.github.rosjava.%s.Dude;\n" % project_name
+    java_class = "package com.github.%s.%s;\n" % (package_name, project_name)
     java_class += "\n"
     java_class += "public class Dude {\n"
     java_class += "}\n"