diff --git a/src/rpm/init.d/elasticsearch b/src/rpm/init.d/elasticsearch
index a5ba651ed8f..5cd75cee7cf 100644
--- a/src/rpm/init.d/elasticsearch
+++ b/src/rpm/init.d/elasticsearch
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export ES_HEAP_SIZE
 export ES_HEAP_NEWSIZE
 export ES_DIRECT_SIZE
 export ES_JAVA_OPTS
+export JAVA_HOME
 
 lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$prog