diff --git a/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/files/oracle-jdk-bin.env.sh b/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/files/oracle-jdk-bin.env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86e7a6bd99cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/files/oracle-jdk-bin.env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+VERSION="Oracle JDK ${PV}"
+JAVA_HOME="${EPREFIX}/opt/${P}"
+JDK_HOME="${EPREFIX}/opt/${P}"
+JAVAC="\${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac"
+PATH="\${JAVA_HOME}/bin:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin"
+ROOTPATH="\${JAVA_HOME}/bin:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin"
+LDPATH="\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/$(get_system_arch)/:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/$(get_system_arch)/server/"
+MANPATH="${EPREFIX}/opt/${P}/man"
+PROVIDES_TYPE="JDK JRE"
+PROVIDES_VERSION="${SLOT}"
+BOOTCLASSPATH="\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/resources.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/sunrsasign.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/jce.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/charsets.jar:\${JAVA_HOME}/jre/classes"
+GENERATION="2"
+ENV_VARS="JAVA_HOME JDK_HOME JAVAC PATH ROOTPATH LDPATH MANPATH"
diff --git a/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.121.ebuild b/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.121.ebuild
index ad9f0f75d2151..82fc8b6a0c34e 100644
--- a/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.121.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.121.ebuild
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ src_install() {
 		done
 	fi
 
-	set_java_env
+	java-vm_install-env "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.env.sh
 	java-vm_revdep-mask
 	java-vm_sandbox-predict /dev/random /proc/self/coredump_filter
 }