diff --git a/src/plugin/parse-tika/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/tika/TikaParser.java b/src/plugin/parse-tika/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/tika/TikaParser.java
index 49dc3781..73cd083b 100644
--- a/src/plugin/parse-tika/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/tika/TikaParser.java
+++ b/src/plugin/parse-tika/src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/tika/TikaParser.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class TikaParser implements org.apache.nutch.parse.Parser {
         // see if a Tika config file can be found in the job file
         URL customTikaConfig = conf.getResource(customConfFile);
         if (customTikaConfig != null)
-          tikaConfig = new TikaConfig(customTikaConfig);
+          tikaConfig = new TikaConfig(customTikaConfig, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
       } catch (Exception e1) {
         String message = "Problem loading custom Tika configuration from "
             + customConfFile;