diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/12.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/12.nix
index 0b3a4db6c48..f1c6d8493eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/12.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, bash, pkg-config, autoconf, cpio, file, which, unzip
 , zip, perl, cups, freetype, alsaLib, libjpeg, giflib, libpng, zlib, lcms2
 , libX11, libICE, libXrender, libXext, libXt, libXtst, libXi, libXinerama
-, libXcursor, libXrandr, fontconfig, openjdk11
+, libXcursor, libXrandr, fontconfig, openjdk11, fetchpatch
 , setJavaClassPath
 , headless ? false
 , enableJavaFX ? openjfx.meta.available, openjfx
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ let
         url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/java-openjdk/raw/06c001c7d87f2e9fe4fedeef2d993bcd5d7afa2a/f/rh1673833-remove_removal_of_wformat_during_test_compilation.patch";
         sha256 = "082lmc30x64x583vqq00c8y0wqih3y4r0mp1c4bqq36l22qv6b6r";
       })
+      # Fix gnumake 4.3 incompatibility
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/openjdk/panama-foreign/commit/af5c725b8109ce83fc04ef0f8bf6aaf0b50c0441.patch";
+        sha256 = "0ja84kih5wkjn58pml53s59qnavb1z92dc88cbgw7vcyqwc1gs0h";
+      })
     ] ++ lib.optionals (!headless && enableGnome2) [
       ./swing-use-gtk-jdk10.patch
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/13.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/13.nix
index 7c6fe633c49..05e367e6314 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/13.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/13.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, bash, pkg-config, autoconf, cpio, file, which, unzip
 , zip, perl, cups, freetype, alsaLib, libjpeg, giflib, libpng, zlib, lcms2
 , libX11, libICE, libXrender, libXext, libXt, libXtst, libXi, libXinerama
-, libXcursor, libXrandr, fontconfig, openjdk13-bootstrap
+, libXcursor, libXrandr, fontconfig, openjdk13-bootstrap, fetchpatch
 , setJavaClassPath
 , headless ? false
 , enableJavaFX ? openjfx.meta.available, openjfx
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ let
         url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/java-openjdk/raw/06c001c7d87f2e9fe4fedeef2d993bcd5d7afa2a/f/rh1673833-remove_removal_of_wformat_during_test_compilation.patch";
         sha256 = "082lmc30x64x583vqq00c8y0wqih3y4r0mp1c4bqq36l22qv6b6r";
       })
+      # Fix gnumake 4.3 incompatibility
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/openjdk/panama-foreign/commit/af5c725b8109ce83fc04ef0f8bf6aaf0b50c0441.patch";
+        sha256 = "0ja84kih5wkjn58pml53s59qnavb1z92dc88cbgw7vcyqwc1gs0h";
+      })
     ] ++ lib.optionals (!headless && enableGnome2) [
       ./swing-use-gtk-jdk13.patch
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71ec34213a3..1b9ce5bbdde 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10140,6 +10140,7 @@ in
           headless = true;
           inherit (gnome2) GConf gnome_vfs;
           openjdk13-bootstrap = callPackage ../development/compilers/openjdk/12.nix {
+            stdenv = gcc8Stdenv; /* build segfaults with gcc9 or newer, so use gcc8 like Debian does */
             openjfx = openjfx11; /* need this despite next line :-( */
             enableJavaFX = false;
             headless = true;