diff --git a/bfg-benchmark/src/main/scala/JavaVersion.scala b/bfg-benchmark/src/main/scala/JavaVersion.scala
index 8469d180..000bb1e4 100644
--- a/bfg-benchmark/src/main/scala/JavaVersion.scala
+++ b/bfg-benchmark/src/main/scala/JavaVersion.scala
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import scala.sys.process.{ProcessLogger, Process}
 import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 
 object JavaVersion {
-  val VersionRegex = """java version "(.*?)"""".r
+  val VersionRegex = """(?:java|openjdk) version "(.*?)"""".r
 
   def version(javaCmd: String): Future[String] = {
     val resultPromise = Promise[String]()
 
-    future {
+    Future {
       val exitCode = Process(s"$javaCmd -version")!ProcessLogger(
         s => for (v <-versionFrom(s)) resultPromise.success(v)
       )
diff --git a/bfg-benchmark/src/test/scala/JavaVersionSpec.scala b/bfg-benchmark/src/test/scala/JavaVersionSpec.scala
index eff0c66d..fdff3273 100644
--- a/bfg-benchmark/src/test/scala/JavaVersionSpec.scala
+++ b/bfg-benchmark/src/test/scala/JavaVersionSpec.scala
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ object JavaVersionSpec extends Specification {
     "parse an example line" in {
       JavaVersion.versionFrom("""java version "1.7.0_51"""") should beSome("1.7.0_51")
     }
+    "parse openjdk weirdness" in {
+      JavaVersion.versionFrom("""openjdk version "1.8.0_40-internal"""") should beSome("1.8.0_40-internal")
+    }
   }
 }