diff --git a/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin32 b/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin32
index 8c12b698..7587a560 100755
--- a/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin32
+++ b/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin32
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ fi;
 
 # Command to launch Java
 if [ "$PRISM_JAVA" = "" ]; then
-	PRISM_JAVA=java
+	# On OS X, we want to avoiding calling java from the /usr/bin link
+	# since it causes problems with dynamic linking (DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+	if [ -x /usr/libexec/java_home ]; then
+		PRISM_JAVA=`/usr/libexec/java_home`"/bin/java"
+	else
+		PRISM_JAVA=java
+	fi
 fi
 
 # If there is a -javamaxmem switch, use it for PRISM_JAVAMAXMEM
diff --git a/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin64 b/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin64
index 4bd8b3f0..1ea95455 100755
--- a/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin64
+++ b/prism/src/bin/prism.darwin64
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ fi;
 
 # Command to launch Java
 if [ "$PRISM_JAVA" = "" ]; then
-	PRISM_JAVA=java
+	# On OS X, we want to avoiding calling java from the /usr/bin link
+	# since it causes problems with dynamic linking (DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+	if [ -x /usr/libexec/java_home ]; then
+		PRISM_JAVA=`/usr/libexec/java_home`"/bin/java"
+	else
+		PRISM_JAVA=java
+	fi
 fi
 
 # If there is a -javamaxmem switch, use it for PRISM_JAVAMAXMEM