diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/linux.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/linux.nix
index 3f77f3fae5b1..fde3e52632e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/linux.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ with stdenv; lib.makeOverridable mkDerivation (rec {
       --set-default JDK_HOME "$jdk" \
       --set-default ANDROID_JAVA_HOME "$jdk" \
       --set-default JAVA_HOME "$jdk" \
+      --set-default JETBRAINSCLIENT_JDK "$jdk" \
       --set ${hiName}_JDK "$jdk" \
       --set ${hiName}_VM_OPTIONS ${vmoptsFile}