diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/mkGraal.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/mkGraal.nix
index 5229552e43bf..bd2d4413ec52 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/mkGraal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/graalvm/community-edition/mkGraal.nix
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ let
       description = "High-Performance Polyglot VM";
       license = with licenses; [ upl gpl2Classpath bsd3 ];
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
+      mainProgram = "java";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [
         bandresen
         hlolli