diff --git a/makefiles/docker/archlinux/java.Dockerfile b/makefiles/docker/archlinux/java.Dockerfile
index aa08879fa6..85e0a693aa 100644
--- a/makefiles/docker/archlinux/java.Dockerfile
+++ b/makefiles/docker/archlinux/java.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FROM ortools/make:archlinux_swig AS env
 RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm jdk-openjdk maven
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default
 
 FROM env AS devel
 WORKDIR /home/project
diff --git a/makefiles/docker/ubuntu/java.Dockerfile b/makefiles/docker/ubuntu/java.Dockerfile
index c5342caef7..188e1d3b5a 100644
--- a/makefiles/docker/ubuntu/java.Dockerfile
+++ b/makefiles/docker/ubuntu/java.Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq \
 && apt-get install -yq default-jdk maven \
 && apt-get clean \
 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
 
 FROM env AS devel
 WORKDIR /home/project