diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/JavaEnvUtilsTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/JavaEnvUtilsTest.java
index cd479d5aa..db4e4af63 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/JavaEnvUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/util/JavaEnvUtilsTest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ public class JavaEnvUtilsTest {
             assertTrue(j + " is absolute", (new File(j)).isAbsolute());
             String javaHomeParent = FILE_UTILS.normalize(javaHome + "/..").getAbsolutePath();
             assertTrue(j + " is normalized and in the JDK dir", j.startsWith(javaHomeParent));
+            if (JavaEnvUtils.isAtLeastJavaVersion(JavaEnvUtils.JAVA_9)) {
+            assertTrue(j + " is normalized and not in the JRE dir", j.startsWith(javaHome));
+            } else {
             assertTrue(j + " is normalized and not in the JRE dir", !j.startsWith(javaHome));
+            }
         } catch (AssertionError e) {
             // java.home is bogus
             assertEquals("javac.exe", j);