diff --git a/tools/getjava.py b/tools/getjava.py
index e19bd68be3..bdeeeac6e1 100755
--- a/tools/getjava.py
+++ b/tools/getjava.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 jvmVersion = None
 output = commands.getoutput("java -version")
 
-regex = re.compile("java version \"(1\.\d)\..*?\"", re.IGNORECASE)
+regex = re.compile("(?:java|openjdk) version \"(1\.\d)\..*?\"", re.IGNORECASE)
 m = regex.search(output)
 if m: jvmVersion = m.group(1)