--- old/src/java.corba/share/classes/org/omg/CORBA/ORB.java	Mon Feb  6 20:36:57 2017
+++ new/src/java.corba/share/classes/org/omg/CORBA/ORB.java	Mon Feb  6 20:36:57 2017
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@
  *
  * When a per-application ORB is created via the 2-arg init methods,
  * then it will be located using the thread context class loader.
+ * 
+ * The IDL to Java Language OMG specification documents the ${java.home}/lib directory as the location,
+ * in the Java run-time image, to search for orb.properties.
+ * This location is not intended for user editable configuration files.
+ * Therefore, the implementation first checks the ${java.home}/conf directory for orb.properties,
+ * and thereafter the ${java.home}/lib directory.
  *
  * @since   JDK1.2
  */
@@ -271,14 +277,25 @@
                     }
 
                     String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
-                    fileName = javaHome + File.separator
-                        + "lib" + File.separator + "orb.properties";
-                    props = getFileProperties( fileName ) ;
 
+                    fileName = javaHome + File.separator + "conf"
+                            + File.separator + "orb.properties";
+                    props = getFileProperties(fileName);
+
+                    if (props != null) {
+                        String value = props.getProperty(name);
+                        if (value != null)
+                            return value;
+                    }
+
+                    fileName = javaHome + File.separator + "lib"
+                            + File.separator + "orb.properties";
+                    props = getFileProperties(fileName);
+
                     if (props == null)
-                        return null ;
+                        return null;
                     else
-                        return props.getProperty( name ) ;
+                        return props.getProperty(name);
                 }
             }
         );