diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/build.xml b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/build.xml
index 2357f4ccc0..47e9f8943f 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/build.xml
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/build.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,46 @@
         </jar>
         <ant target="war" />
     </target>
-    <target name="war"> 
-        <war destfile="build/i2ptunnel.war" webxml="../jsp/web.xml"
-             basedir="../jsp/" excludes="web.xml">
+    <target name="war" depends="precompilejsp"> 
+        <war destfile="build/i2ptunnel.war" webxml="../jsp/web-out.xml"
+             basedir="../jsp/" excludes="web.xml, *.java, *.jsp">
         </war>
     </target>
+    <target name="precompilejsp">
+        <mkdir dir="../jsp/WEB-INF/" />
+        <mkdir dir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" />
+        <!-- there are various jspc ant tasks, but they all seem a bit flakey -->
+        <java classname="org.apache.jasper.JspC" fork="true" >
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-compiler.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-runtime.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/ant.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="build/i2ptunnel.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <arg value="-d" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" />
+            <arg value="-v9" />
+            <arg value="-p" />
+            <arg value="net.i2p.i2ptunnel.jsp" />
+            <arg value="-webinc" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/web-fragment.xml" />
+            <arg value="-webapp" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/" />
+        </java>
+        <javac destdir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes/" srcdir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" includes="*.java">
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-runtime.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="build/i2ptunnel.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+        </javac>
+        <copy file="../jsp/web.xml" tofile="../jsp/web-out.xml" />
+        <loadfile property="jspc.web.fragment" srcfile="../jsp/web-fragment.xml" />
+        <replace file="../jsp/web-out.xml">
+            <replacefilter token="&lt;!-- precompiled servlets --&gt;" value="${jspc.web.fragment}" />
+        </replace>
+    </target>
     <target name="javadoc">
         <mkdir dir="./build" />
         <mkdir dir="./build/javadoc" />
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.html b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea1321105e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><title>I2P Router Console</title></head>
+<body><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=index.jsp" /><a href="index.jsp">Enter</a></body></html>
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/web.xml b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/web.xml
index 9a428440d4..b995397008 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/web.xml
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/jsp/web.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd">
 
 <web-app>
+    <!-- precompiled servlets -->
     <session-config>
         <session-timeout>
             30
         </session-timeout>
     </session-config>
     <welcome-file-list>
-        <welcome-file>
-            index.jsp
-        </welcome-file>
+        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
     </welcome-file-list>
 </web-app>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml b/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
index dd0a76e1ab..b59a4413cc 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/build.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,46 @@
         </jar>
         <ant target="war" />
     </target>
-    <target name="war"> 
-        <war destfile="build/routerconsole.war" webxml="../jsp/web.xml"
-             basedir="../jsp/" excludes="web.xml">
+    <target name="war" depends="precompilejsp">
+        <war destfile="build/routerconsole.war" webxml="../jsp/web-out.xml"
+             basedir="../jsp/" excludes="web.xml, *.java, *.jsp">
         </war>
     </target>
+    <target name="precompilejsp">
+        <mkdir dir="../jsp/WEB-INF/" />
+        <mkdir dir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" />
+        <!-- there are various jspc ant tasks, but they all seem a bit flakey -->
+        <java classname="org.apache.jasper.JspC" fork="true" >
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-compiler.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-runtime.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/ant.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="build/routerconsole.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+            <arg value="-d" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" />
+            <arg value="-v9" />
+            <arg value="-p" />
+            <arg value="net.i2p.router.web.jsp" />
+            <arg value="-webinc" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/web-fragment.xml" />
+            <arg value="-webapp" />
+            <arg value="../jsp/" />
+        </java>
+        <javac destdir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes/" srcdir="../jsp/WEB-INF/classes" includes="*.java">
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/jasper-runtime.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="../../jetty/jettylib/javax.servlet.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="build/routerconsole.jar" />
+            </classpath>
+        </javac>
+        <copy file="../jsp/web.xml" tofile="../jsp/web-out.xml" />
+        <loadfile property="jspc.web.fragment" srcfile="../jsp/web-fragment.xml" />
+        <replace file="../jsp/web-out.xml">
+            <replacefilter token="&lt;!-- precompiled servlets --&gt;" value="${jspc.web.fragment}" />
+        </replace>
+    </target>
     <target name="javadoc">
         <mkdir dir="./build" />
         <mkdir dir="./build/javadoc" />
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.html b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea1321105e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><title>I2P Router Console</title></head>
+<body><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=index.jsp" /><a href="index.jsp">Enter</a></body></html>
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/web.xml b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/web.xml
index 9a428440d4..b995397008 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/web.xml
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/web.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
     "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2.2.dtd">
 
 <web-app>
+    <!-- precompiled servlets -->
     <session-config>
         <session-timeout>
             30
         </session-timeout>
     </session-config>
     <welcome-file-list>
-        <welcome-file>
-            index.jsp
-        </welcome-file>
+        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
     </welcome-file-list>
 </web-app>
\ No newline at end of file
