diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle b/benchmarks/build.gradle
index 992462b6fc0..0dc1565e235 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ compileJava.options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:-cast,-deprecation,-rawtypes,-try,-u
 // needs to be added separately otherwise Gradle will quote it and javac will fail
 compileJava.options.compilerArgs.addAll(["-processor", "org.openjdk.jmh.generators.BenchmarkProcessor"])
 
+run.executable = new File(project.runtimeJavaHome, 'bin/java')
+
 // classes generated by JMH can use all sorts of forbidden APIs but we have no influence at all and cannot exclude these classes
 forbiddenApisMain.enabled = false