diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash b/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
index 62889cd4a..78732874b 100755
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ process_args () {
 
        -sbt-jar) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && sbt_jar="$2" && shift 2 ;;
    -sbt-version) require_arg version "$1" "$2" && sbt_version="$2" && shift 2 ;;
-     -java-home) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && java_cmd="$2/bin/java" && shift 2 ;;
+     -java-home) require_arg path "$1" "$2" &&
+                 java_cmd="$2/bin/java" &&
+                 export JAVA_HOME="$2" &&
+                 export JDK_HOME="$2" &&
+                 export PATH="$2/bin:$PATH" &&
+                 shift 2 ;;
 
             -D*) addJava "$1" && shift ;;
             -J*) addJava "${1:2}" && shift ;;