Java Maven - Loading native library

I'm currently trying to use JNI for my project, and I've already created the library using maven aswell. Now I just can't find any way to load the library that is not simply executing the java program from the command line.

If possible, I'd like to only use maven(preferred) or use Eclipse settings to load the library.

My project structure is something like:

src/main/java
src/main/c
src/test/java
src/test/c
target/*
library.so
pom.xml

I've already tried the following:

• set System.setProperty("java.library.path", path)
• set -Djava.library.path=${project_loc:NAME} in the run-configuration
• use maven-surefire-plugin to provide the -D option

I'd like an option that does not require compiling the library to the default java.library.path to keep the library from having to be compiled each time the project is pulled from git.