diff --git a/pkg/actions/env/java.go b/pkg/actions/env/java.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfb14889d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/actions/env/java.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package env
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/conditions"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	knownVariables["java"] = variables{
+		Condition: conditions.ConditionPath("java"),
+		Variables: map[string]string{
+			"JAVA_HOME": "JDK installation directory",
+		},
+		VariableCompletion: map[string]carapace.Action{
+			"JAVA_HOME": carapace.ActionDirectories(),
+		},
+	}
+
+}