diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/RedHat.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/RedHat.yml
index f018c9f7..85bacf0c 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/RedHat.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/RedHat.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@
     yum:
       name: java-11-openjdk-devel
       state: present
+    when:
+      - ansible_distribution != 'Amazon'
+
+  - name: Amazon Linux | Install OpenJDK 11
+    block:
+      - name: Install Amazon extras
+        yum:
+          name: amazon-linux-extras
+          state: present
+
+      - name: Install OpenJDK 11
+        yum:
+          name: java-openjdk11
+          state: present
+    when:
+      - ansible_distribution == 'Amazon'
 
   - name: RedHat/CentOS/Fedora | Install OpenDistro dependencies
     yum: