diff --git a/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/AbstractJavacSpec.java b/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/AbstractJavacSpec.java
index b95654a7dbb..3dbceb5aae5 100644
--- a/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/AbstractJavacSpec.java
+++ b/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/AbstractJavacSpec.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 @Value.Immutable(copy = true)
 @BuckStyleImmutable
 abstract class AbstractJavacSpec {
-  public static final String COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL =
-      "com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTool";
 
   protected abstract Optional<Either<BuiltInJavac, SourcePath>> getCompiler();
 
@@ -39,24 +37,7 @@ abstract class AbstractJavacSpec {
 
   @Value.Lazy
   public JavacProvider getJavacProvider() {
-    if (getCompiler().isPresent() && getCompiler().get().isRight()) {
-      return new ExternalOrJarBackedJavacProvider(
-          getCompiler().get().getRight(),
-          // compiler_class_name has no effect when compiler is specified
-          COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL);
-    }
-
-    String compilerClassName = getCompilerClassName().orElse(COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL);
-    Javac.Source javacSource = getJavacSource();
-    switch (javacSource) {
-      case EXTERNAL:
-        return new ConstantJavacProvider(new ExternalJavacFactory().create(getJavacPath().get()));
-      case JAR:
-        return new JarBackedJavacProvider(getJavacJarPath().get(), compilerClassName);
-      case JDK:
-        return new ConstantJavacProvider(new JdkProvidedInMemoryJavac());
-    }
-    throw new AssertionError("Unknown javac source: " + javacSource);
+    return ExternalJavacFactory.getProviderForSpec((JavacSpec) this);
   }
 
   public Javac.Source getJavacSource() {
diff --git a/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/ExternalJavacFactory.java b/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/ExternalJavacFactory.java
index dc47cf9c39f..a87d5db2a2f 100644
--- a/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/ExternalJavacFactory.java
+++ b/src/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/ExternalJavacFactory.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 public class ExternalJavacFactory {
   private final ProcessExecutor processExecutor;
 
+  public static final String COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL =
+      "com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTool";
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   ExternalJavacFactory(ProcessExecutor processExecutor) {
     this.processExecutor = processExecutor;
@@ -49,6 +52,30 @@ public ExternalJavacFactory() {
     this(new DefaultProcessExecutor(Console.createNullConsole()));
   }
 
+  /** Creates a JavacProvider based on a spec. */
+  public static JavacProvider getProviderForSpec(JavacSpec spec) {
+    if (spec.getCompiler().isPresent() && spec.getCompiler().get().isRight()) {
+      return new ExternalOrJarBackedJavacProvider(
+          spec.getCompiler().get().getRight(),
+          // compiler_class_name has no effect when compiler is specified
+          COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL);
+    }
+
+    String compilerClassName =
+        spec.getCompilerClassName().orElse(COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL);
+    Javac.Source javacSource = spec.getJavacSource();
+    switch (javacSource) {
+      case EXTERNAL:
+        return new ConstantJavacProvider(
+            new ExternalJavacFactory().create(spec.getJavacPath().get()));
+      case JAR:
+        return new JarBackedJavacProvider(spec.getJavacJarPath().get(), compilerClassName);
+      case JDK:
+        return new ConstantJavacProvider(new JdkProvidedInMemoryJavac());
+    }
+    throw new AssertionError("Unknown javac source: " + javacSource);
+  }
+
   /** Creates an ExternalJavac. */
   public ExternalJavac create(final SourcePath pathToJavac) {
     if (pathToJavac instanceof BuildTargetSourcePath) {
diff --git a/test/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/Jsr199JavacIntegrationTest.java b/test/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/Jsr199JavacIntegrationTest.java
index ecd22f5b51d..819bd7e8b85 100644
--- a/test/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/Jsr199JavacIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/test/com/facebook/buck/jvm/java/Jsr199JavacIntegrationTest.java
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ public void shouldUseSpecifiedJavacJar() throws Exception {
     MockClassLoader mockClassLoader =
         new MockClassLoader(
             ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(),
-            ImmutableMap.of(JavacSpec.COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL, MockJavac.class));
+            ImmutableMap.of(
+                ExternalJavacFactory.COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL, MockJavac.class));
     executionContext
         .getClassLoaderCache()
         .injectClassLoader(
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ private Jsr199Javac createJavac(boolean withSyntaxError, Optional<Path> javacJar
     Optional<SourcePath> jar = javacJar.map(p -> PathSourcePath.of(new FakeProjectFilesystem(), p));
     if (jar.isPresent()) {
       return new JarBackedJavac(
-          JavacSpec.COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL, ImmutableSet.of(jar.get()));
+          ExternalJavacFactory.COM_SUN_TOOLS_JAVAC_API_JAVAC_TOOL, ImmutableSet.of(jar.get()));
     }
 
     return new JdkProvidedInMemoryJavac();