diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNI.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNI.java
index a25fd99c..f083319a 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNI.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNI.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ enum LZ4JNI {
   }
 
   static native void init();
-  static native int LZ4_compress(byte[] srcArray, ByteBuffer srcBuffer, int srcOff, int srcLen, byte[] destArray, ByteBuffer destBuffer, int destOff, int maxDestLen);
+  static native int LZ4_compress_limitedOutput(byte[] srcArray, ByteBuffer srcBuffer, int srcOff, int srcLen, byte[] destArray, ByteBuffer destBuffer, int destOff, int maxDestLen);
   static native int LZ4_compressHC(byte[] srcArray, ByteBuffer srcBuffer, int srcOff, int srcLen, byte[] destArray, ByteBuffer destBuffer, int destOff, int maxDestLen, int compressionLevel);
   static native int LZ4_decompress_fast(byte[] srcArray, ByteBuffer srcBuffer, int srcOff, byte[] destArray, ByteBuffer destBuffer, int destOff, int destLen);
   static native int LZ4_decompress_safe(byte[] srcArray, ByteBuffer srcBuffer, int srcOff, int srcLen, byte[] destArray, ByteBuffer destBuffer, int destOff, int maxDestLen);
diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNICompressor.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNICompressor.java
index a25e450f..18971a33 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNICompressor.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4JNICompressor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ final class LZ4JNICompressor extends LZ4Compressor {
   public int compress(byte[] src, int srcOff, int srcLen, byte[] dest, int destOff, int maxDestLen) {
     checkRange(src, srcOff, srcLen);
     checkRange(dest, destOff, maxDestLen);
-    final int result = LZ4JNI.LZ4_compress(src, null, srcOff, srcLen, dest, null, destOff, maxDestLen);
+    final int result = LZ4JNI.LZ4_compress_limitedOutput(src, null, srcOff, srcLen, dest, null, destOff, maxDestLen);
     if (result <= 0) {
       throw new LZ4Exception("maxDestLen is too small");
     }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public int compress(ByteBuffer src, int srcOff, int srcLen, ByteBuffer dest, int
         destBuf = dest;
       }
 
-      final int result = LZ4JNI.LZ4_compress(srcArr, srcBuf, srcOff, srcLen, destArr, destBuf, destOff, maxDestLen);
+      final int result = LZ4JNI.LZ4_compress_limitedOutput(srcArr, srcBuf, srcOff, srcLen, destArr, destBuf, destOff, maxDestLen);
       if (result <= 0) {
         throw new LZ4Exception("maxDestLen is too small");
       }
diff --git a/src/jni/net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI.c b/src/jni/net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI.c
index b4c7bd89..44c30d9f 100644
--- a/src/jni/net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI.c
+++ b/src/jni/net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI.c
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ static void throw_OOM(JNIEnv *env) {
 
 /*
  * Class:     net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI
- * Method:    LZ4_compress
+ * Method:    LZ4_compress_limitedOutput
  * Signature: ([BLjava/nio/ByteBuffer;II[BLjava/nio/ByteBuffer;II)I
+ *
+ * Though LZ4_compress_limitedOutput is no longer called as it was deprecated,
+ * keep the method name of LZ4_compress_limitedOutput for backward compatibility,
+ * so that the old JNI bindings in src/resources can still be used.
  */
-JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI_LZ4_1compress
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_net_jpountz_lz4_LZ4JNI_LZ4_1compress_1limitedOutput
   (JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jbyteArray srcArray, jobject srcBuffer, jint srcOff, jint srcLen, jbyteArray destArray, jobject destBuffer, jint destOff, jint maxDestLen) {
 
   char* in;