diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index d1fb342..14bf277 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 ENV HADOOP_DISTRO=cdh
 ENV HADOOP_HOME=/tmp/hadoop-${HADOOP_DISTRO}
 ENV HIVE_HOME=/tmp/hive
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/
 
 RUN  mkdir ${HADOOP_HOME} && \
      mkdir ${HIVE_HOME}  && \