diff --git a/Dockerfile.openj9 b/Dockerfile.openj9
index 9f9d494..b77409d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openj9
+++ b/Dockerfile.openj9
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ RUN bash get_source.sh
 RUN bash configure --with-boot-jdk=/build/bootjdk --with-mixedrefs=static --with-openssl=system
 RUN make all
 
-RUN mv /build/src/build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images/* /build/dist/
+WORKDIR /build/src/build/linux-x86_64-server-release/images
+RUN jdk/bin/jlink --strip-debug --no-man-pages --no-header-files --compress=2 \
+    --add-modules ALL-MODULE-PATH --output jre
+
+RUN mv ./* /build/dist/
 
 # ------
 
 FROM debian:12-slim AS run
 
-COPY --from=build /build/dist/jdk/ /var/lib/jvm/openj9-jdk21
-RUN ln -s /var/lib/jvm/openj9-jdk21/bin/java /usr/bin/java
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/var/lib/jvm/openj9-jdk21
+COPY --from=build /build/dist/jre /usr/lib/jvm/openj9-jre
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/openj9-jre/bin/java /usr/bin/java
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/openj9-jre
 
 # ------