diff --git a/buildenv/jenkins/JenkinsfileBase b/buildenv/jenkins/JenkinsfileBase
index 1322fdd023..c6559b9886 100644
--- a/buildenv/jenkins/JenkinsfileBase
+++ b/buildenv/jenkins/JenkinsfileBase
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def setupEnv() {
 	env.EXIT_SUCCESS = params.EXIT_SUCCESS ? params.EXIT_SUCCESS : false
 	NUM_MACHINES = params.NUM_MACHINES ? params.NUM_MACHINES.toInteger() : 1
 	env.LIB_DIR = JOB_NAME.contains("SmokeTests") ? "${WORKSPACE}/../../../../../testDependency/lib" : "${WORKSPACE}/../../testDependency/lib"
+	env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR = JOB_NAME.contains("SmokeTests") ? "${WORKSPACE}/../../../../../testDependency/system_lib" : "${WORKSPACE}/../../testDependency/system_lib"
 	env.OPENJCEPLUS_GIT_REPO = params.OPENJCEPLUS_GIT_REPO ?: "https://github.com/ibmruntimes/OpenJCEPlus.git"
 	env.OPENJCEPLUS_GIT_BRANCH = params.OPENJCEPLUS_GIT_BRANCH ?: "semeru-java${params.JDK_VERSION}"
 
@@ -211,8 +212,14 @@ def setupParallelEnv() {
 					def customUrl = getCustomUrl()
 					if (PLATFORM.contains("windows")) {
 						env.LIB_DIR = env.LIB_DIR.replaceAll("\\\\", "/")
+						env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR = env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR.replaceAll("\\\\", "/")
+					}
+					if (env.BUILD_LIST != 'system') {
+						sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default -customUrl ${customUrl}"
+					} else {
+						env.LIB_DIR = env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR
+						sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default"
 					}
-					sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default -customUrl ${customUrl}"
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				echo 'Exception: ' + e.toString()
@@ -659,8 +666,14 @@ def buildTest() {
 				def customUrl = getCustomUrl()
 				if (PLATFORM.contains("windows")) {
 					env.LIB_DIR = env.LIB_DIR.replaceAll("\\\\", "/")
+					env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR = env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR.replaceAll("\\\\", "/")
+				}
+				if (env.BUILD_LIST != 'system') {
+					sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default -customUrl ${customUrl}"
+				} else {
+					env.LIB_DIR = env.SYSTEM_LIB_DIR
+					sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default"
 				}
-				sh "perl ./aqa-tests/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.pl -path ${env.LIB_DIR} -task default -customUrl ${customUrl}"
 			}
  		} catch (Exception e) {
 			echo 'Exception: ' + e.toString()
diff --git a/system/system.mk b/system/system.mk
index 1edaebafe3..1e00f5dd1f 100644
--- a/system/system.mk
+++ b/system/system.mk
@@ -71,15 +71,19 @@ ifdef JVM_OPTIONS
   APPLICATION_OPTIONS := $(APPLICATION_OPTIONS) -jvmArgs $(Q)$(JVM_OPTIONS)$(Q)
 endif
 
+ifndef SYSTEM_LIB_DIR
+  SYSTEM_LIB_DIR=$(SYSTEMTEST_RESROOT)/systemtest_prereqs
+endif
+
 define SYSTEMTEST_CMD_TEMPLATE
 perl $(SYSTEMTEST_RESROOT)$(D)STF$(D)stf.core$(D)scripts$(D)stf.pl \
   -test-root=$(Q)$(SYSTEMTEST_RESROOT)$(D)STF;$(SYSTEMTEST_RESROOT)$(D)aqa-systemtest$(OPENJ9_PRAM)$(Q) \
-  -systemtest-prereqs=$(Q)$(SYSTEMTEST_RESROOT)$(D)systemtest_prereqs$(Q) \
+  -systemtest-prereqs=$(Q)$(SYSTEM_LIB_DIR)$(D)$(Q) \
   -java-args=$(SQ)$(JAVA_ARGS)$(SQ) \
   -results-root=$(REPORTDIR)
 endef
 
-# Default test to be run for system_custom in regular system test builds 
+# Default test to be run for system_custom in regular system test builds
 CUSTOM_TARGET ?= -test=ClassloadingLoadTest
 
 ifneq ($(JDK_VERSION),8)