diff --git a/src/treegen.cpp b/src/treegen.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,15 @@ v3f transposeMatrix(irr::core::matrix4 M, v3f v)
 void make_jungletree(VoxelManipulator &vmanip, v3s16 p0,
 		INodeDefManager *ndef, int seed)
 {
-	MapNode treenode(ndef->getId("mapgen_jungletree"));
-	MapNode leavesnode(ndef->getId("mapgen_leaves"));
+	content_t c_tree   = ndef->getId("mapgen_jungletree");
+	content_t c_leaves = ndef->getId("mapgen_jungleleaves");
+	if (c_tree == CONTENT_IGNORE)
+		c_tree = ndef->getId("mapgen_tree");
+	if (c_leaves == CONTENT_IGNORE)
+		c_leaves = ndef->getId("mapgen_leaves");
+
+	MapNode treenode(c_tree);
+	MapNode leavesnode(c_leaves);
 
 	PseudoRandom pr(seed);
 	for(s16 x=-1; x<=1; x++)