diff --git a/scilab/bin/scilab b/scilab/bin/scilab
index 6c7caf60959..3de69c70e3c 100755
--- a/scilab/bin/scilab
+++ b/scilab/bin/scilab
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ fi
 
 DISABLE_JAVA_DETECTION=0
 IS_SCILAB_BINARY=0
+# Build with java-1.8.0-openjdk
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0
 
 start_debug() {