diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 632ad6012..af22db416 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ _site/
 *.swo
 .vscode/
 .flattened-pom.xml
-.sdkmanrc
diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4db867675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sdkmanrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable auto-env through the sdkman_auto_env config
+# Add key=value pairs of SDKs to use below
+java=8.0.292.hs-adpt