diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/8.nix
index dd1660d9fec7..edbe3494a93d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/8.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -r ./* "$out/"
 
+    # jni.h expects jni_md.h to be in the header search path.
+    ln -s $out/include/linux/*_md.h $out/include/
+
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     printWords ${setJavaClassPath} > $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
index c7b01877ad54..678a248785f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zulu/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -r ./* "$out/"
 
+    # jni.h expects jni_md.h to be in the header search path.
+    ln -s $out/include/linux/*_md.h $out/include/
+
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     printWords ${setJavaClassPath} > $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs