diff --git a/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml b/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
index 9912991d2da..b139fde19b6 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/gandiva-jars/travis.osx.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ before_script:
   - export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/arrow
   - brew update
   - brew install bison flex llvm@7
+  - brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
+  - brew cask install adoptopenjdk8
+  - export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home
+  - export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  - echo $JAVA_HOME
+  - which java
 
 script:
   - cd arrow