diff --git a/java/openjdk17/Makefile b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
index 1072d7492c32..078431d0c568 100644
--- a/java/openjdk17/Makefile
+++ b/java/openjdk17/Makefile
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ JDK_BUILD_TYPE=		release
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-BOOTSTRAP_JDKS=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk17 \
-		${LOCALBASE}/openjdk16
+BOOTSTRAP_JDKS=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk17
+.if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64
+BOOTSTRAP_JDKS+=	${LOCALBASE}/bootstrap-openjdk17
+.endif
+BOOTSTRAP_JDKS+=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk16
 
 # do we have valid native jdk installed?
 .for BJDK in ${BOOTSTRAP_JDKS}
@@ -116,8 +119,13 @@ BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR=	${BJDK}
 
 # if no valid jdk found, set dependency
 .if !defined(BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR)
+.  if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == amd64
+BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR?=	${LOCALBASE}/bootstrap-openjdk17
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR}/bin/javac:java/bootstrap-openjdk17
+.  else
 BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR?=	${LOCALBASE}/openjdk16
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${BOOTSTRAPJDKDIR}/bin/javac:java/openjdk16
+.  endif
 .endif
 
 JDK_BUILD_JVM=	server