diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
index c50cc4adc7e..2027d027811 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ configure_args="
  --with-debug-level=release
  --with-version-pre=
  --with-version-build=${version#*p}
- --with-boot-jdk=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8-openjdk"
+ --with-boot-jdk=/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk8"
 make_build_args="images"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf cpio tar unzip zip ca-certificates
  zlib-devel which openjdk8 make"