diff --git a/shared/home/default.nix b/shared/home/default.nix
index ed9fe68..1b913a4 100644
--- a/shared/home/default.nix
+++ b/shared/home/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
       (pkgs.substituteAll {
         src = ./init.lua;
         inherit (pkgs) metals;
+        javaHome = pkgs.jdk.home;
       })
       .outPath;
   };
diff --git a/shared/home/init.lua b/shared/home/init.lua
index 491cf95..2340aeb 100644
--- a/shared/home/init.lua
+++ b/shared/home/init.lua
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ metals_config.settings = {
   showImplicitArguments = true,
   excludedPackages = { "akka.actor.typed.javadsl", "com.github.swagger.akka.javadsl" },
   metalsBinaryPath = "@metals@/bin/metals",
+  javaHome = "@javaHome@",
 }
 
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