diff --git a/gnulib.spec b/gnulib.spec
index 786899c59bd2d86f6ccb5c6ae5cbf00507c8d15b..3d0d7951522b0eaf0e1322746920dfc5dfbd8a94 100644
--- a/gnulib.spec
+++ b/gnulib.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary:          The GNU Portability Library
 License:          Public Domain and BSD and GPLv2+ and GPLv3 and GPLv3+ and LGPLv2 and LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+
 URL:              https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib
 Source0:          https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=snapshot;h=68df637;sf=tgz;name=gnulib-68df637.tar.gz#/gnulib-68df637.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:    perl-generators texinfo java-devel gettext-devel bison gperf libtool help2man git
+BuildRequires:    perl-generators texinfo java-1.8.0-openjdk gettext-devel bison gperf libtool help2man git
 
 %description
 Gnulib is a central location for common GNU code, intended to be