diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index e91b8cfb96..25b4832164 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
 	default y if BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	default y if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_OPENJDK_BIN_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	# i386: needs sse (see upstream PR 10351)
 	depends on !(BR2_i386 && !BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE)
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libcdio, and others
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_KODI
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PLATFORM_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYC_ONLY
-	select BR2_NEEDS_HOST_JAVA
 	select BR2_HOST_CMAKE_AT_LEAST_3_24
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_GPL
diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index 85c15926ae..6a49f5df0c 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ KODI_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-kodi-jsonschemabuilder \
 	host-kodi-texturepacker \
 	host-nasm \
+	host-openjdk-bin \
 	host-swig \
 	host-xmlstarlet \
 	jpeg \
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ KODI_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DDEPENDS_PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	-DENABLE_TESTING=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_DEBUGFISSION=OFF \
+	-DJAVA_HOME=$(HOST_OPENJDK_BIN_ROOT_DIR) \
 	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python \
 	-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) \
 	-DPYTHON_PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) \