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diff --git a/scripts/customize/fred/java_profile.sh b/scripts/customize/fred/java_profile.sh
index b8e71a33..f98030a6 100644
--- a/scripts/customize/fred/java_profile.sh
+++ b/scripts/customize/fred/java_profile.sh
@@ -22,16 +22,24 @@ function intuition_failure()
 
 ############################
 
-# set some fairly liberal limits for ant.
-#no. export ANT_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=768m"
-
-############################
-
 # start guessing some settings...
 
+# whatever we figure out, we want to export the java home variable.
+export JAVA_HOME
+
 # this bin portion works for most javas...
 export JAVA_BIN_PIECE=bin
 
+# try using java itself to locate the JAVA_HOME if we can.
+if [ ! -d "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+  JAVA_HOME=$(java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 | grep -i java.home | sed -e 's/.*java.home = \(.*\)$/\1/')
+fi
+
+# if that didn't work, then we try a series of random bizarro places where
+# we have seen java live before.
+
+#hmmm: below list is way out of date.  we really hope the first attempt above works.
+
 if [ ! -d "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
   # try a recent version.
   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle