diff --git a/lib/opendaylight b/lib/opendaylight
index ca81c20e55..1022e2c061 100644
--- a/lib/opendaylight
+++ b/lib/opendaylight
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function start_opendaylight {
     # The flags to ODL have the following meaning:
     #   -of13: runs ODL using OpenFlow 1.3 protocol support.
     #   -virt ovsdb: Runs ODL in "virtualization" mode with OVSDB support
-    screen_it odl-server "cd $ODL_DIR/opendaylight && JAVE_HOME=$JHOME ./run.sh $ODL_ARGS -of13 -virt ovsdb"
+    screen_it odl-server "cd $ODL_DIR/opendaylight && JAVA_HOME=$JHOME ./run.sh $ODL_ARGS -of13 -virt ovsdb"
 
     # Sleep a bit to let OpenDaylight finish starting up
     sleep $ODL_BOOT_WAIT