diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
index e1dd9d5a786..c28854ca089 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ patchShebangs $out
 
 wrapProgram $out_bin \
     --prefix PATH ":" "${rlwrap}/bin:${coreutils}/bin:${findutils}/bin" \
-    --set LEIN_GPG ${gnupg}/bin/gpg
+    --set LEIN_GPG ${gnupg}/bin/gpg \
+    --set JAVA_CMD ${jdk}/bin/java
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
index 2c039b3fa0c..ff21e518936 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = ./lein_2.3.0.patch;
 
-  inherit rlwrap clojure gnupg findutils coreutils;
+  inherit rlwrap clojure gnupg findutils coreutils jdk;
 
   builder = ./builder.sh;