diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
index 79bd280817..57b9a7f1ed 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/shared.rb
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ module SharedEnvExtension
     set_cpu_flags(flags)
   end
 
+  def java_cache
+    append "_JAVA_OPTIONS", "-Duser.home=#{HOMEBREW_CACHE}/java_cache"
+  end
+
   # ld64 is a newer linker provided for Xcode 2.5
   # @private
   def ld64