diff --git a/src/javarepl/EvaluationClassLoader.java b/src/javarepl/EvaluationClassLoader.java
index 32df4e8..5c0135d 100644
--- a/src/javarepl/EvaluationClassLoader.java
+++ b/src/javarepl/EvaluationClassLoader.java
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
 public class EvaluationClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
     private Sequence<URL> registeredUrls = sequence();
 
-    private EvaluationClassLoader(EvaluationContext context) {
-        super(new URL[]{toURL().apply(context.outputDirectory())});
+    private EvaluationClassLoader(EvaluationContext context, ClassLoader parentCL) {
+        super(new URL[]{toURL().apply(context.outputDirectory())}, parentCL);
+    }
+
+    public static EvaluationClassLoader evaluationClassLoader(EvaluationContext context, ClassLoader parentCL) {
+        return new EvaluationClassLoader(context, parentCL);
     }
 
     public static EvaluationClassLoader evaluationClassLoader(EvaluationContext context) {
-        return new EvaluationClassLoader(context);
+        return new EvaluationClassLoader(context, context.getClass().getClassLoader());
     }
 
     public void registerURL(URL url) {
diff --git a/src/javarepl/console/SimpleConsole.java b/src/javarepl/console/SimpleConsole.java
index 6dc253c..0f06570 100644
--- a/src/javarepl/console/SimpleConsole.java
+++ b/src/javarepl/console/SimpleConsole.java
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@
 import static javarepl.rendering.EvaluationClassRenderer.renderExpressionClass;
 import static javarepl.rendering.ExpressionTokenRenderer.EXPRESSION_TOKEN;
 
-public final class SimpleConsole implements Console {
+public class SimpleConsole implements Console {
     private final Container context;
     private ConsoleStatus status = Idle;
 
     public SimpleConsole(ConsoleConfig config) {
+        this(config, null);
+    }
+
+    public SimpleConsole(ConsoleConfig config, ClassLoader parentCL) {
         registerShutdownHook();
 
         context = new SimpleContainer();
+        context.addInstance(ClassLoader.class, parentCL != null ? parentCL : getDefaultClassLoader(config, context));
         context.addInstance(Container.class, context);
         context.addInstance(Console.class, this);
         context.addInstance(ConsoleHistory.class, historyFromFile(startsWith(":h!").or(blank()), config.historyFile));
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ public SimpleConsole(ConsoleConfig config) {
         context.get(Evaluator.class).addResults(config.results);
     }
 
+    protected ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader(ConsoleConfig config, Container context)
+    {
+        return context.getClass().getClassLoader();
+    }
+
     public ConsoleResult execute(String expression) {
         context.get(ConsoleHistory.class).add(expression);
         return executeExpression(expression);