diff --git a/openmpi.spec b/openmpi.spec
index 9a3883ba6c916d20c8eda2bce1e46478a2216a67..6af5511bdc778f963402dbd009888414d3196ef8 100644
--- a/openmpi.spec
+++ b/openmpi.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Source2:        openmpi.pth.py3
 Source3:        macros.openmpi
 
 BuildRequires:      gcc-c++, gcc-gfortran
-BuildRequires:      valgrind-devel, hwloc-devel, java-devel, libfabric-devel, papi-devel
+BuildRequires:      valgrind-devel, hwloc-devel, java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel, libfabric-devel, papi-devel
 BuildRequires:      libibverbs-devel >= 1.1.3, opensm-devel > 3.3.0
 BuildRequires:      librdmacm-devel, rdma-core-devel, pmix-devel
 BuildRequires:      hwloc-gui chrpath