diff --git a/floodlight.sh b/floodlight.sh
index 04e9afb9218de6f38cd62f6d5eee14bade1f8037..e67c6a7c13895b2c609a0040b4fa755dd5dee618 100755
--- a/floodlight.sh
+++ b/floodlight.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Xmx2g -Xms2g -Xmn800m"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:InlineSmallCode=8192 -XX:MaxInlineSize=8192 -XX:FreqInlineSize=8192"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:CompileThreshold=1500 -XX:PreBlockSpin=8"
+JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dpython.security.respectJavaAccessibility=false"
 
 # Create a logback file if required
 [ -f ${FL_LOGBACK} ] || cat <<EOF_LOGBACK >${FL_LOGBACK}