diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 885fc12871f..19d873d928a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ rec {
     };
 
   jdk5 =
-    assert system == "i686-linux";
+    assert system == "i686-linux" || system == "x86_64-linux";
     import ../development/compilers/jdk/default-5.nix {
       inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
     };