diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactory.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactory.java
index a1991a5d2d..a9cd29e5be 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactory.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactory.java
@@ -49,8 +49,28 @@ public final class ControllerFactory {
         | InstantiationException
         | IllegalAccessException
         | InvocationTargetException e) {
-      throw new UnsupportedEnvironmentException(
-          "The JFR controller could not find a supported JFR API", e);
+      String exMsg =
+          "The JFR controller could not find a supported JFR API" + getFixProposalMessage();
+      throw new UnsupportedEnvironmentException(exMsg, e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static String getFixProposalMessage() {
+    try {
+      String javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
+      if (javaVersion == null) {
+        return "";
+      }
+      String javaVendor = System.getProperty("java.vendor", "");
+      if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.8")) {
+        if (javaVendor.startsWith("Azul Systems")) {
+          return ", use Azul zulu version 1.8.0_212+";
+        }
+        // TODO Add version minimum once JFR backported into OpenJDK distros
+      }
+      return ", use OpenJDK 11+ or Azul zulu version 1.8.0_212+";
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      return "";
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/test/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactoryTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/test/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactoryTest.java
index 323bbe6fe2..972ee08a4a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/test/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/test/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/ControllerFactoryTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.datadog.profiling.controller;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE.JAVA_8;
 
@@ -19,10 +20,18 @@ public class ControllerFactoryTest {
   @Test
   @EnabledOnJre({JAVA_8})
   public void testCreateControllerJava8() {
-    assertThrows(
-        UnsupportedEnvironmentException.class,
-        () -> {
-          ControllerFactory.createController(config);
-        });
+    UnsupportedEnvironmentException unsupportedEnvironmentException =
+        assertThrows(
+            UnsupportedEnvironmentException.class,
+            () -> {
+              ControllerFactory.createController(config);
+            });
+    String expected =
+        "The JFR controller could not find a supported JFR API, use OpenJDK 11+ or Azul zulu version 1.8.0_212+";
+    if ("Azul Systems, Inc.".equals(System.getProperty("java.vendor"))) {
+      expected =
+          "The JFR controller could not find a supported JFR API, use Azul zulu version 1.8.0_212+";
+    }
+    assertEquals(expected, unsupportedEnvironmentException.getMessage());
   }
 }