diff --git a/src/ci/docker/arm-android/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/arm-android/Dockerfile
index 4c89ce12531..04ca6d76c55 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/arm-android/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/arm-android/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 && \
   cmake \
   unzip \
   expect \
-  openjdk-9-jre \
+  openjdk-9-jre-headless \
   sudo \
   libstdc++6:i386 \
   xz-utils \
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/arm-android/start-emulator.sh b/src/ci/docker/arm-android/start-emulator.sh
index 24c477d87f1..4a73637e9dd 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/arm-android/start-emulator.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/arm-android/start-emulator.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 # except according to those terms.
 
 set -ex
-ANDROID_EMULATOR_FORCE_32BIT=true \
-  nohup nohup emulator @arm-18 -no-window -partition-size 2047 \
-  0<&- &>/dev/null &
+
+# Setting SHELL to a file instead on a symlink helps android
+# emulator identify the system
+export SHELL=/bin/bash
+nohup nohup emulator @arm-18 -no-window -partition-size 2047 0<&- &>/dev/null &
 exec "$@"