diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
index 85b05dd3b0a..03ffa8af370 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -r target/* "$out/share/java/zvtm/"
 
     echo '#!/bin/sh' > "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
-    echo "java -jar '$out/share/java/zvtm/zgrviewer-${version}.jar'" >> "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
+    echo "${jre}/lib/openjdk/jre/bin/java -jar '$out/share/java/zvtm/zgrviewer-${version}.jar' \"\$@\"" >> "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
     chmod a+x "$out/bin/zgrviewer"
   '';
   meta = {