diff --git a/gradle.json b/gradle.json
index c987318186..257c28a9a2 100644
--- a/gradle.json
+++ b/gradle.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "url": "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-bin.zip",
     "extract_dir": "gradle-4.1",
     "bin": "bin\\gradle.bat",
+    "env_set": {
+        "GRADLE_HOME": "$dir"
+    },
     "suggest": {
         "JDK": [
             "extras/oraclejdk",