diff --git a/Modules/UseJava.cmake b/Modules/UseJava.cmake
index 385089092..b59fe34b0 100644
--- a/Modules/UseJava.cmake
+++ b/Modules/UseJava.cmake
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeParseArguments.cmake)
 function (__java_copy_file src dest comment)
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT  ${dest}
-        COMMAND cmake -E copy_if_different
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
         ARGS    ${src}
                 ${dest}
         DEPENDS ${src}