--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt_xawt/xawt/XToolkit.c	Thu Dec 20 19:44:08 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt_xawt/xawt/XToolkit.c	Fri Dec 21 11:43:04 2018 +0530
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@
 DEF_JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *reserved)
 {
     jvm = vm;
+
+    //Set the gtk backend to x11 on all the systems
+    putenv("GDK_BACKEND=x11");
+
     return JNI_VERSION_1_2;
 }