diff --git a/django/core/management/base.py b/django/core/management/base.py
index 83b0ed05cd4..d883fe23dc7 100644
--- a/django/core/management/base.py
+++ b/django/core/management/base.py
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ def copy_helper(style, app_or_project, name, directory, other_name=''):
 def _make_writeable(filename):
     "Makes sure that the file is writeable. Useful if our source is read-only."
     import stat
+    if sys.platform.startswith('java'):
+        # On Jython there is no os.access()
+        return
     if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):
-      st = os.stat(filename)
-      new_permissions = stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode) | stat.S_IWUSR
-      os.chmod(filename, new_permissions)
+        st = os.stat(filename)
+        new_permissions = stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode) | stat.S_IWUSR
+        os.chmod(filename, new_permissions)
+