diff --git a/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/CreateVSProject.gmk b/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/CreateVSProject.gmk
index 2f1b7e088a0..17051fd03d0 100644
--- a/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/CreateVSProject.gmk
+++ b/make/ide/visualstudio/hotspot/CreateVSProject.gmk
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ ifeq ($(call isTargetOs, windows), true)
   # The next part is a bit hacky. We include the CompileJvm.gmk to be
   # able to extract flags, but we do not wish to execute the rules.
 
-  # Use server as base for defines and includes
-  JVM_VARIANT=server
+  # Use primary variant for defines and includes
+  JVM_VARIANT := $(JVM_VARIANT_MAIN)
 
   include HotspotCommon.gmk
   include lib/CompileJvm.gmk