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() {