diff --git a/src/windows/sbt b/src/windows/sbt
index e2fbdb5e6..d1a88bdc8 100644
--- a/src/windows/sbt
+++ b/src/windows/sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # sbt launcher script for Cygwin and MSYS
 
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
 JAVA_CMD=java
+else
+JAVA_CMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+fi
+
 JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx512M
 
 UDIR=`dirname "$0"`
@@ -14,9 +19,9 @@ fi
 if [ "_$TERM" = "_xterm" ]; then
   # Let the terminal handle ANSI sequences
   stty -icanon min 1 -echo > /dev/null 2>&1
-  $JAVA_CMD $JAVA_OPTS -Djline.terminal=jline.UnixTerminal -jar "$WDIR/sbt-launch.jar" $@
+  "$JAVA_CMD" $JAVA_OPTS -Djline.terminal=jline.UnixTerminal -jar "$WDIR/sbt-launch.jar" "$@"
   stty icanon echo > /dev/null 2>&1
 else
   # Use Jansi to intercept ANSI sequences
-  $JAVA_CMD $JAVA_OPTS -Dsbt.log.format=true -cp "$WDIR/jansi.jar;$WDIR/sbt-launch.jar;$WDIR/classes" SbtJansiLaunch $@
-fi
+  "$JAVA_CMD" $JAVA_OPTS -Dsbt.log.format=true -cp "$WDIR/jansi.jar;$WDIR/sbt-launch.jar;$WDIR/classes" SbtJansiLaunch "$@"
+fi
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