diff --git a/docs/getting-started/new-project-guide/jvm_lang.md b/docs/getting-started/new-project-guide/jvm_lang.md
index 74130cb62..fc48ade6b 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/new-project-guide/jvm_lang.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/new-project-guide/jvm_lang.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"$JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH\":\$this_dir \
 \$this_dir/jazzer_driver --agent_path=\$this_dir/jazzer_agent_deploy.jar \
 --cp=$RUNTIME_CLASSPATH \
 --target_class=$fuzzer_basename \
---jvm_args=\"-Xmx2048m\" \
+--jvm_args=\"-Xmx2048m;-Djava.awt.headless=true\" \
 \$@" > $OUT/$fuzzer_basename
   chmod +x $OUT/$fuzzer_basename
 done