diff --git a/htroot/Status.java b/htroot/Status.java
index 3e666cdb6..5278c0ded 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.java
+++ b/htroot/Status.java
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ public class Status
 
         // version information
         //final String versionstring = yacyVersion.combined2prettyVersion(sb.getConfig("version","0.1"));
-        final String versionstring =
-            yacyBuildProperties.getVersion() + "/" + yacyBuildProperties.getSVNRevision();
+        final String versionstring = yacyBuildProperties.getVersion() + "/" + yacyBuildProperties.getSVNRevision();
         prop.put("versionpp", versionstring);
+        prop.put("java.version", System.getProperty("java.version"));
 
         // place some more hints
         if (adminaccess && sb.getThread(SwitchboardConstants.CRAWLJOB_LOCAL_CRAWL).getJobCount() == 0) {
diff --git a/htroot/Status_p.inc b/htroot/Status_p.inc
index fcb426dd0..2923a8a59 100644
--- a/htroot/Status_p.inc
+++ b/htroot/Status_p.inc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       ::
       <div>Uptime: #[uptime]#</div>
     #(/peerStatistics)#
+    <div>Java version: #[java.version]#</div>
     <div>Processors: #[processors]#</div>
     <div>Load: #[load]#</div>
     <div>Threads: #[processesCurrentInclDaemon]#/#[processesCurrentOnlyDaemon]#, peak:#[processesPeak]#, total:#[processesTotal]#</div>