diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
index f50172851d61..672908281b0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbluray/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional withAACS libaacs;
 
+  env.JAVA_HOME = lib.optionalString withJava jdk17.home; # Fails at runtime without this
   env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString withAACS "-L${libaacs}/lib -laacs"
     + lib.optionalString withBDplus " -L${libbdplus}/lib -lbdplus";