diff --git a/build/update.xml b/build/update.xml
index b3a49ccffe80..e06cfce3ee93 100644
--- a/build/update.xml
+++ b/build/update.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
       </java>
 
       <java classname="com.intellij.util.io.zip.ReorderJarsMain" fork="true">
+        <jvmarg line="-Djava.awt.headless=true"/>
         <arg value="${build}/order.txt"/>
         <arg value="@{deploy}"/>
         <arg value="@{deploy}"/>