--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc
@@ -1880,6 +1880,22 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+bool
+octave_java::save_hdf5 (octave_hdf5_id /* loc_id */, const char * /* name */,
+                        bool /* save_as_floats */)
+{
+  warning ("save: unable to save java objects, skipping");
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool
+octave_java::load_hdf5 (octave_hdf5_id /* loc_id */, const char * /* name */)
+{
+  // Silently skip object that was not saved
+  return true;
+}
+
 octave_value
 octave_java::do_javaMethod (JNIEnv* jni_env, const std::string& name,
                             const octave_value_list& args)

--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.h
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.h
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
   bool load_binary (std::istream& is, bool swap,
                     oct_mach_info::float_format fmt);
 
+  bool save_hdf5 (octave_hdf5_id loc_id, const char *name,
+                  bool save_as_floats);
+
+  bool load_hdf5 (octave_hdf5_id loc_id, const char *name);
+
   octave_value_list
   subsref (const std::string& type,
            const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx, int nargout);