diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
index 2482c6b01434..d7aaf2dcb55e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ let
       ./read-truststore-from-env-jdk10.patch
       ./currency-date-range-jdk10.patch
       ./increase-javadoc-heap.patch
+      ./fix-library-path-jdk11.patch
     ] ++ lib.optionals (!headless && enableGnome2) [
       ./swing-use-gtk-jdk10.patch
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/fix-library-path-jdk11.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/fix-library-path-jdk11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21263dd68926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/fix-library-path-jdk11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+index 0dbe03349e..847d56778d 100644
+--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
++++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
+   //        ...
+   //        7: The default directories, normally /lib and /usr/lib.
+ #if defined(AMD64) || (defined(_LP64) && defined(SPARC)) || defined(PPC64) || defined(S390)
+-  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib"
++  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH ""
+ #else
+-  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
++  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH ""
+ #endif
+ 
+ // Base path of extensions installed on the system.
+-#define SYS_EXT_DIR     "/usr/java/packages"
++#define SYS_EXT_DIR     ""
+ #define EXTENSIONS_DIR  "/lib/ext"
+ 
+   // Buffer that fits several sprintfs.
+@@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
+                                                      strlen(v) + 1 +
+                                                      sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/") + sizeof(DEFAULT_LIBPATH) + 1,
+                                                      mtInternal);
+-    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s%s" SYS_EXT_DIR "/lib:" DEFAULT_LIBPATH, v, v_colon);
++    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s", v);
+     Arguments::set_library_path(ld_library_path);
+     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, ld_library_path);
+   }
+ 
+   // Extensions directories.
+-  sprintf(buf, "%s" EXTENSIONS_DIR ":" SYS_EXT_DIR EXTENSIONS_DIR, Arguments::get_java_home());
++  sprintf(buf, "%s" EXTENSIONS_DIR, Arguments::get_java_home());
+   Arguments::set_ext_dirs(buf);
+ 
+   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, buf);