diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
index 88f6fc3be..5d1e32953 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ public class JavaBuild {
   protected boolean ignorableImport(String pkg) {
     if (pkg.startsWith("java.")) return true;
     if (pkg.startsWith("javax.")) return true;
+    if (pkg.startsWith("javafx.")) return true;
 
     if (pkg.startsWith("processing.core.")) return true;
     if (pkg.startsWith("processing.data.")) return true;