diff --git a/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch b/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
index 8d13d7d0736..c5fa992a359 100644
--- a/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
+++ b/src/deb/init.d/elasticsearch
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ES_USER=elasticsearch
 ES_GROUP=elasticsearch
 
 # The first existing directory is used for JAVA_HOME (if JAVA_HOME is not defined in $DEFAULT)
-JDK_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/"
+JDK_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk"
 
 # Look for the right JVM to use
 for jdir in $JDK_DIRS; do