diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
index e2d89f3ef7287..af383b2f05e16 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/11.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ let
         # See https://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org/msg49006.html
         "--with-extra-cflags=-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=format-contains-nul -Wno-error=unused-result"
     ''
+    + lib.optionalString (architecture == "amd64") "\"--with-jvm-features=zgc\""
     + lib.optionalString minimal "\"--enable-headless-only\""
     + ");"
     # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306558