diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CommunicationsUtils.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CommunicationsUtils.java
index c25eb2cf92e9bdc4af0c683728bd24ebfd4e5fe6..348613758ac4f927cb3737b4a7f667c87dd83951 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CommunicationsUtils.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CommunicationsUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
  */
 public final class CommunicationsUtils {
 	
+	/**
+     * Empty private constructor.
+     */
+    private CommunicationsUtils() {
+    }
 	
 	/**
 	 * Checks if the given string may be a phone number.