diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
index 555c7e45d7b8..56c547ce4357 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jbidwatcher/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, java }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jbidwatcher";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0nrs9ly56cqn33dm1sjm53pzj1cf7jncwn4c8v0xyva4jqyz2y5p";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ jre ];
+  buildInputs = [ java ];
 
   jarfile = "$out/share/java/${pname}/JBidwatcher.jar";
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     ensureDir "$out/bin"
     echo > "$out/bin/${pname}" "#!/bin/sh"
-    echo >>"$out/bin/${pname}" "${jre}/bin/java -Xmx512m -jar ${jarfile}"
+    echo >>"$out/bin/${pname}" "${java}/bin/java -Xmx512m -jar ${jarfile}"
     chmod +x "$out/bin/${pname}"
     install -D -m644 ${src} ${jarfile}
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a896aa07aa73..5c779134d0e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6427,7 +6427,9 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };
 
-  jbidwatcher = callPackage ../applications/misc/jbidwatcher { };
+  jbidwatcher = callPackage ../applications/misc/jbidwatcher {
+    java = if stdenv.isLinux then jre else jdk;
+  };
 
   qrdecode = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/graphics/qrdecode) {
     inherit libpng opencv;