diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/idea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/idea/default.nix
index 4c9476d0b9f0..c34e93480087 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/idea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/idea/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, patchelf, p7zip, jdk
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, patchelf, p7zip, oraclejdk8
 , coreutils, gnugrep, which, git, python, unzip, androidsdk
 }:
 
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ assert stdenv.isLinux;
 
 let
 
+  # After IDEA 15 we can no longer use OpenJDK.
+  # https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-147272
+  jdk = oraclejdk8;
+
   mkIdeaProduct = with stdenv.lib;
   { name, product, version, build, src, meta }: