diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
index e04180c..03ac950 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,26 @@ jobs:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'adopt'
       - name: Build Rust with Cargo
         run: cargo build --verbose
       - name: Test Rust with Cargo
-        run: cargo test --verbose -- --nocapture
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: cargo test --verbose -- --nocapture
+
+  # This is a good test for the locate-jdk-only feature, as the JRE is in a different path on JDK 8
+  test-locate-jdk:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+      - name: Test Rust with Cargo
+        run: JAVA_HOME="" cargo test --features=locate-jdk-only --verbose -- --nocapture
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c99373a..45a35e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ glob = "0.3"
 docopt = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-build-binary = ["docopt"]
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+build-binary = ["docopt"]
+locate-jdk-only = []
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index db9b754..14c870d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,12 +78,19 @@ The latter two commands should return something like:
 
 > /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/lib
 
+## Extra Features
+
+* `locate-jdk-only`: Attempts to locate the JDK by searching for the Java compiler,
+    as opposed to searching for the runtime.
+    This solves issues in JDK 8 where the JRE resides in a subdirectory and not in the JDK root,
+    so development files are not found in JAVA_HOME as would be expected.
+
 ## License
 
 At your option, under:
 
-* Apache License, Version 2.0, (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-* MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+* Apache License, Version 2.0, (<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
+* MIT license (<http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)
 
  */
 
@@ -96,6 +103,11 @@ use glob::{glob, Pattern};
 
 pub mod errors;
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "locate-jdk-only"))]
+const LOCATE_BINARY: &str = "java";
+#[cfg(feature = "locate-jdk-only")]
+const LOCATE_BINARY: &str = "javac";
+
 /// Returns the name of the jvm dynamic library:
 ///
 /// * libjvm.so for Linux
@@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ pub fn locate_java_home() -> Result<String> {
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 fn do_locate_java_home() -> Result<String> {
     let output = Command::new("where")
-        .arg("java")
+        .arg(LOCATE_BINARY)
         .output()
         .map_err(|e| JavaLocatorError::new(format!("Failed to run command `where` ({e})")))?;
 
@@ -184,7 +196,7 @@ fn do_locate_java_home() -> Result<String> {
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "macos")))] // Unix
 fn do_locate_java_home() -> Result<String> {
     let output = Command::new("which")
-        .arg("java")
+        .arg(LOCATE_BINARY)
         .output()
         .map_err(|e| JavaLocatorError::new(format!("Failed to run command `which` ({e})")))?;
     let java_exec_path = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout)?.trim();
@@ -276,4 +288,13 @@ mod unit_tests {
     fn locate_java_from_exec_test() {
         println!("do_locate_java_home: {}", do_locate_java_home().unwrap());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn jni_headers_test() {
+        let java_home = do_locate_java_home().unwrap();
+        assert!(PathBuf::from(java_home)
+            .join("include")
+            .join("jni.h")
+            .exists());
+    }
 }