diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 846ab54e1baf..06cd6f2e87a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Chat with Druid committers and users in real-time on the Apache Druid Slack chan
 
 ### Building from source
 
-Please note that JDK 8 is required to build Druid.
+Please note that JDK 8 or JDK 11 is required to build Druid.
 
 For instructions on building Druid from source, see [docs/development/build.md](docs/development/build.md)
 
diff --git a/docs/development/build.md b/docs/development/build.md
index 1b2dc475fb22..8487161d35d9 100644
--- a/docs/development/build.md
+++ b/docs/development/build.md
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ make sure it has `/master/` in the URL.
 
 ##### Installing Java and Maven
 
-- JDK 8, 8u92+. We recommend using an OpenJDK distribution that provides long-term support and open-source licensing,
+- JDK 8, 8u92+ or JDK 11
+    
+    We recommend using an OpenJDK distribution that provides long-term support and open-source licensing,
   like [Amazon Corretto](https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/) or [Azul Zulu](https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/).
 - [Maven version 3.x](http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi)