diff --git a/plugins/jvm/jstat__gccount b/plugins/jvm/jstat__gccount
index 276910ea..de61712d 100755
--- a/plugins/jvm/jstat__gccount
+++ b/plugins/jvm/jstat__gccount
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@
 # Config variables:
 #
 #       pidfilepath  - Which file path use. Defaults to '/var/run/jsvc.pid'
-#       javahome     - Defaults to '/usr/local/java/jdk'
+#       javahome     - override automatic detection of JRE directory
 #
 
+default_java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
+[ -e "$default_java_home" ] || default_java_home=/usr/local/java/jdk
+
 pidfilepath=${pidfilepath:-/var/run/jsvc.pid}
 graphtitle=${graphtitle:-$pidfilepath}
-JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-/usr/local/java/jdk}
+JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-$default_java_home}
 
 export JAVA_HOME
 
diff --git a/plugins/jvm/jstat__gctime b/plugins/jvm/jstat__gctime
index aad1b702..fa6cab22 100755
--- a/plugins/jvm/jstat__gctime
+++ b/plugins/jvm/jstat__gctime
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@
 # Config variables:
 #
 #       pidfilepath  - Which file path use. Defaults to '/var/run/jsvc.pid'
-#       javahome     - Defaults to '/usr/local/java/jdk'
+#       javahome     - override automatic detection of JRE directory
 #
 
+default_java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
+[ -e "$default_java_home" ] || default_java_home=/usr/local/java/jdk
+
 pidfilepath=${pidfilepath:-/var/run/jsvc.pid}
 graphtitle=${graphtitle:-$pidfilepath}
-JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-/usr/local/java/jdk}
+JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-$default_java_home}
 
 export JAVA_HOME
 
diff --git a/plugins/jvm/jstat__heap b/plugins/jvm/jstat__heap
index 3eaeae73..d510626f 100755
--- a/plugins/jvm/jstat__heap
+++ b/plugins/jvm/jstat__heap
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@
 # Config variables:
 #
 #       pidfilepath  - Which file path use. Defaults to '/var/run/jsvc.pid'
-#       javahome     - Defaults to '/usr/local/java/jdk'
+#       javahome     - override automatic detection of JRE directory
 #
 
+default_java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
+[ -e "$default_java_home" ] || default_java_home=/usr/local/java/jdk
+
 pidfilepath=${pidfilepath:-/var/run/jsvc.pid}
 graphtitle=${graphtitle:-$pidfilepath}
-JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-/usr/local/java/jdk}
+JAVA_HOME=${javahome:-$default_java_home}
 
 export JAVA_HOME