diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index b175564..fa45baa 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Requires:       bitstream-vera-sans-fonts
 BuildRequires:  libXpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  httpd-devel php-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
-BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel mysql-devel
+BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel mysql-devel java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
 BuildRequires:  java-devel swig > 1.3.24 java
 BuildRequires:  geos-devel proj-devel gdal-devel agg-devel
 BuildRequires:  php-devel freetype-devel gd-devel >= 2.0.16