diff --git a/tools/package/debian/onos.conf b/tools/package/debian/onos.conf
index 842a937..1d8f10a 100644
--- a/tools/package/debian/onos.conf
+++ b/tools/package/debian/onos.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 env LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 env JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
+env NEW_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/
 
 pre-stop script
     /opt/onos/bin/onos halt 2>/opt/onos/var/stderr.log