diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/CompositeMigrationResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/CompositeMigrationResolver.java
index 2177a0b..d4295dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/CompositeMigrationResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/CompositeMigrationResolver.java
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.ScriptsLocations;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.ResolvedMigration;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.cql.CqlMigrationResolver;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.java.ExternalJavaMigrationResolver;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.java.JavaMigrationResolver;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +59,11 @@ public CompositeMigrationResolver(ClassLoader classLoader, ScriptsLocations loca
         for (ScriptsLocation location : locations.getLocations()) {
             migrationResolvers.add(new CqlMigrationResolver(classLoader, location, encoding));
             migrationResolvers.add(new JavaMigrationResolver(classLoader, location));
+            try {
+                migrationResolvers.add(new ExternalJavaMigrationResolver(new URLClassLoader(new URL[]{new File(location.getPath()).toURI().toURL()}, this.getClass().getClassLoader()), location));
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                throw new CassandraMigrationException("Unable to add external url for classes migrations in location: " + location, e);
+            }
         }
 
         migrationResolvers.addAll(Arrays.asList(customMigrationResolvers));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/CommonJavaResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/CommonJavaResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef0ff42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/CommonJavaResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.java;
+
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.CassandraMigrationException;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.JavaMigration;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.MigrationChecksumProvider;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.MigrationInfoProvider;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.MigrationType;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.ScriptsLocation;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.MigrationVersion;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.ResolvedMigration;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.MigrationInfoHelper;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.ClassUtils;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.Pair;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.StringUtils;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.scanner.Scanner;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Adam Król on 06.04.2017.
+ *
+ * @author Adam Król
+ */
+class CommonJavaResolver {
+
+    List<ResolvedMigration> loadJavaMigrationFiles(ClassLoader classLoader, ScriptsLocation location) {
+        try {
+            Class<?>[] classes = new Scanner(classLoader).scanForClasses(location, JavaMigration.class);
+            List<ResolvedMigration> migrations = new LinkedList<>();
+            for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
+                JavaMigration javaMigration = ClassUtils.instantiate(clazz.getName(), classLoader);
+
+                ResolvedMigration migrationInfo = extractMigrationInfo(javaMigration);
+                migrationInfo.setPhysicalLocation(ClassUtils.getLocationOnDisk(clazz));
+                migrationInfo.setExecutor(new JavaMigrationExecutor(javaMigration));
+
+                migrations.add(migrationInfo);
+            }
+            return migrations;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new CassandraMigrationException("Unable to resolve Java migrations in location: " + location, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the migration info from this migration.
+     *
+     * @param javaMigration The migration to analyse.
+     * @return The migration info.
+     */
+    ResolvedMigration extractMigrationInfo(JavaMigration javaMigration) {
+        Integer checksum = null;
+        if (javaMigration instanceof MigrationChecksumProvider) {
+            MigrationChecksumProvider checksumProvider = (MigrationChecksumProvider) javaMigration;
+            checksum = checksumProvider.getChecksum();
+        }
+
+        MigrationVersion version;
+        String description;
+        if (javaMigration instanceof MigrationInfoProvider) {
+            MigrationInfoProvider infoProvider = (MigrationInfoProvider) javaMigration;
+            version = infoProvider.getVersion();
+            description = infoProvider.getDescription();
+            if (!StringUtils.hasText(description)) {
+                throw new CassandraMigrationException("Missing description for migration " + version);
+            }
+        } else {
+            Pair<MigrationVersion, String> info =
+                    MigrationInfoHelper.extractVersionAndDescription(
+                            ClassUtils.getShortName(javaMigration.getClass()), "V", "__", "");
+            version = info.getLeft();
+            description = info.getRight();
+        }
+
+        String script = javaMigration.getClass().getName();
+
+
+        ResolvedMigration resolvedMigration = new ResolvedMigration();
+        resolvedMigration.setVersion(version);
+        resolvedMigration.setDescription(description);
+        resolvedMigration.setScript(script);
+        resolvedMigration.setChecksum(checksum);
+        resolvedMigration.setType(MigrationType.JAVA_DRIVER);
+        return resolvedMigration;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/ExternalJavaMigrationResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/ExternalJavaMigrationResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df140c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/ExternalJavaMigrationResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2010-2015 Axel Fontaine
+ * <p/>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p/>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p/>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.java;
+
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.ScriptsLocation;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.ResolvedMigration;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.MigrationResolver;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.ResolvedMigrationComparator;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Migration resolver for Java migrations. The classes must have a name like V1 or V1_1_3 or V1__Description
+ * or V1_1_3__Description.
+ */
+public class ExternalJavaMigrationResolver extends CommonJavaResolver implements MigrationResolver {
+    /**
+     * The base package on the classpath where to migrations are located.
+     */
+    private final ScriptsLocation location;
+
+    /**
+     * The ClassLoader to use.
+     */
+    private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param location    The base package on the classpath where to migrations are located.
+     * @param classLoader The ClassLoader for loading migrations on the classpath.
+     */
+    public ExternalJavaMigrationResolver(ClassLoader classLoader, ScriptsLocation location) {
+        this.location = location;
+        this.classLoader = classLoader;
+    }
+
+    public List<ResolvedMigration> resolveMigrations() {
+
+        if (!location.isFileSystem()) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        List<ResolvedMigration> migrations = loadJavaMigrationFiles(classLoader, new ScriptsLocation(""));
+
+        Collections.sort(migrations, new ResolvedMigrationComparator());
+        return migrations;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/JavaMigrationResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/JavaMigrationResolver.java
index c85c430..ab50ba4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/JavaMigrationResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/resolver/java/JavaMigrationResolver.java
@@ -15,21 +15,10 @@
  */
 package com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.java;
 
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.CassandraMigrationException;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.MigrationChecksumProvider;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.MigrationInfoProvider;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.api.JavaMigration;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.MigrationType;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.ScriptsLocation;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.MigrationVersion;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.info.ResolvedMigration;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.MigrationInfoHelper;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.MigrationResolver;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.resolver.ResolvedMigrationComparator;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.ClassUtils;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.Pair;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.StringUtils;
-import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.scanner.Scanner;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -39,7 +28,7 @@
  * Migration resolver for Java migrations. The classes must have a name like V1 or V1_1_3 or V1__Description
  * or V1_1_3__Description.
  */
-public class JavaMigrationResolver implements MigrationResolver {
+public class JavaMigrationResolver extends CommonJavaResolver implements MigrationResolver {
     /**
      * The base package on the classpath where to migrations are located.
      */
@@ -62,70 +51,15 @@ public JavaMigrationResolver(ClassLoader classLoader, ScriptsLocation location)
     }
 
     public List<ResolvedMigration> resolveMigrations() {
-        List<ResolvedMigration> migrations = new ArrayList<ResolvedMigration>();
-
         if (!location.isClassPath()) {
-            return migrations;
+            return Collections.emptyList();
         }
 
-        try {
-            Class<?>[] classes = new Scanner(classLoader).scanForClasses(location, JavaMigration.class);
-            for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
-                JavaMigration javaMigration = ClassUtils.instantiate(clazz.getName(), classLoader);
-
-                ResolvedMigration migrationInfo = extractMigrationInfo(javaMigration);
-                migrationInfo.setPhysicalLocation(ClassUtils.getLocationOnDisk(clazz));
-                migrationInfo.setExecutor(new JavaMigrationExecutor(javaMigration));
-
-                migrations.add(migrationInfo);
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new CassandraMigrationException("Unable to resolve Java migrations in location: " + location, e);
-        }
+        List<ResolvedMigration> migrations = loadJavaMigrationFiles(classLoader, location);
 
         Collections.sort(migrations, new ResolvedMigrationComparator());
         return migrations;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Extracts the migration info from this migration.
-     *
-     * @param javaMigration The migration to analyse.
-     * @return The migration info.
-     */
-    ResolvedMigration extractMigrationInfo(JavaMigration javaMigration) {
-        Integer checksum = null;
-        if (javaMigration instanceof MigrationChecksumProvider) {
-            MigrationChecksumProvider checksumProvider = (MigrationChecksumProvider) javaMigration;
-            checksum = checksumProvider.getChecksum();
-        }
-
-        MigrationVersion version;
-        String description;
-        if (javaMigration instanceof MigrationInfoProvider) {
-            MigrationInfoProvider infoProvider = (MigrationInfoProvider) javaMigration;
-            version = infoProvider.getVersion();
-            description = infoProvider.getDescription();
-            if (!StringUtils.hasText(description)) {
-                throw new CassandraMigrationException("Missing description for migration " + version);
-            }
-        } else {
-            Pair<MigrationVersion, String> info =
-                    MigrationInfoHelper.extractVersionAndDescription(
-                            ClassUtils.getShortName(javaMigration.getClass()), "V", "__", "");
-            version = info.getLeft();
-            description = info.getRight();
-        }
 
-        String script = javaMigration.getClass().getName();
-
-
-        ResolvedMigration resolvedMigration = new ResolvedMigration();
-        resolvedMigration.setVersion(version);
-        resolvedMigration.setDescription(description);
-        resolvedMigration.setScript(script);
-        resolvedMigration.setChecksum(checksum);
-        resolvedMigration.setType(MigrationType.JAVA_DRIVER);
-        return resolvedMigration;
-    }
 }