diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/default.nix
index 63bcc58ac3e..938be9a9778 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, unzip, ant, jdk
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, unzip, ant, jdk8
 # Optional, Jitsi still runs without, but you may pass null:
 , alsaLib, dbus, gtk2, libpulseaudio, openssl, xorg
 }:
 
+let jdk = jdk8; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jitsi";
   version = "2.10.5550";