diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index fb3e6ffb9d00..1fd0fe8e7cfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -1048,6 +1048,15 @@ let
         '';
     });
 
+    pathfindR = old.pathfindR.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      postPatch = ''
+        substituteInPlace "R/zzz.R" \
+          --replace-fail "    check_java_version()" "    Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME = \"${lib.getBin pkgs.jre_minimal}\"); check_java_version()"
+        substituteInPlace "R/active_snw_search.R" \
+          --replace-fail "system(paste0(\"java" "system(paste0(\"${lib.getBin pkgs.jre_minimal}/bin/java"
+      '';
+    });
+
     pbdZMQ = old.pbdZMQ.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
         for file in R/*.{r,r.in}; do