diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/jre.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/jre.nix
index 2370774cef29..9e9498f4d6dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/jre.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/jre.nix
@@ -7,38 +7,43 @@
   modules ? [ "java.base" ],
 }:
 
-let
-  jre = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    pname = "${jdk.pname}-minimal-jre";
-    version = jdk.version;
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "${jdk.pname}-minimal-jre";
+  version = jdk.version;
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ jdkOnBuild ];
-    buildInputs = [ jdk ];
-    strictDeps = true;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ jdkOnBuild ];
+  buildInputs = [ jdk ];
+  strictDeps = true;
 
-    dontUnpack = true;
+  dontUnpack = true;
 
-    # Strip more heavily than the default '-S', since if you're
-    # using this derivation you probably care about this.
-    stripDebugFlags = [ "--strip-unneeded" ];
+  # Strip more heavily than the default '-S', since if you're
+  # using this derivation you probably care about this.
+  stripDebugFlags = [ "--strip-unneeded" ];
 
-    buildPhase = ''
-      runHook preBuild
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
 
-      jlink --module-path ${jdk}/lib/openjdk/jmods --add-modules ${lib.concatStringsSep "," modules} --output $out
+    jlink --module-path ${jdk}/lib/openjdk/jmods --add-modules ${lib.concatStringsSep "," modules} --output $out
 
-      runHook postBuild
-    '';
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
 
-    dontInstall = true;
+  dontInstall = true;
 
-    passthru = {
-      home = "${jre}";
-      tests = {
-        jre_minimal-hello = callPackage ./tests/test_jre_minimal.nix { };
-        jre_minimal-hello-logging = callPackage ./tests/test_jre_minimal_with_logging.nix { };
-      };
+  passthru = {
+    home = "${finalAttrs.finalPackage}";
+    tests = {
+      jre_minimal-hello = callPackage ./tests/test_jre_minimal.nix { };
+      jre_minimal-hello-logging = callPackage ./tests/test_jre_minimal_with_logging.nix { };
     };
   };
-in
-jre
+
+  meta = jdk.meta // {
+    description = "Minimal JRE for OpenJDK ${jdk.version}";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This is a minimal JRE built from OpenJDK, containing only the specified modules.
+      It is suitable for running Java applications that do not require the full JDK.
+    '';
+  };
+})