diff --git a/junit-jdk8.patch b/junit-jdk8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44b70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/junit-jdk8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Index: junit-r4.11/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/FrameworkMethod.java
+===================================================================
+--- junit-r4.11.orig/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/FrameworkMethod.java
++++ junit-r4.11/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/FrameworkMethod.java
+@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ public class FrameworkMethod extends Fra
+      * <li>is not static (given {@code isStatic is true}).
+      */
+     public void validatePublicVoid(boolean isStatic, List<Throwable> errors) {
+-        if (Modifier.isStatic(fMethod.getModifiers()) != isStatic) {
++        if (isStatic() != isStatic) {
+             String state = isStatic ? "should" : "should not";
+             errors.add(new Exception("Method " + fMethod.getName() + "() " + state + " be static"));
+         }
+-        if (!Modifier.isPublic(fMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
+-            errors.add(new Exception("Class " + fMethod.getDeclaringClass().getName() + " should be public"));
+-        }
+-        if (!Modifier.isPublic(fMethod.getModifiers())) {
++        if (!isPublic()) {
+             errors.add(new Exception("Method " + fMethod.getName() + "() should be public"));
+         }
+         if (fMethod.getReturnType() != Void.TYPE) {
+Index: junit-r4.11/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/AllTests.java
+===================================================================
+--- junit-r4.11.orig/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/AllTests.java
++++ junit-r4.11/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/AllTests.java
+@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ import org.junit.tests.running.methods.T
+ import org.junit.tests.running.methods.TimeoutTest;
+ import org.junit.tests.validation.BadlyFormedClassesTest;
+ import org.junit.tests.validation.FailedConstructionTest;
+-import org.junit.tests.validation.InaccessibleBaseClassTest;
+ import org.junit.tests.validation.ValidationTest;
+ 
+ // These test files need to be cleaned. See
+@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ import org.junit.tests.validation.Valida
+         JUnit38ClassRunnerTest.class,
+         SystemExitTest.class,
+         JUnitCoreReturnsCorrectExitCodeTest.class,
+-        InaccessibleBaseClassTest.class,
+         SuiteMethodTest.class,
+         BadlyFormedClassesTest.class,
+         IgnoreClassTest.class,
diff --git a/junit.changes b/junit.changes
index 5ff4b4a..69522b5 100644
--- a/junit.changes
+++ b/junit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 28 07:53:29 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Add patch to build with jdk8:
+  * junit-jdk8.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 18 09:46:15 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/junit.spec b/junit.spec
index c98a9be..30057b5 100644
--- a/junit.spec
+++ b/junit.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/junit-team/junit/archive/r%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        junit-4.11.pom
 #PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE: do not use bundled hamcrest sources, which btw fixes hamcrest build with junit4
 Patch0:         junit-no-hamcrest-src.patch
+#PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: build with jdk8 and newer, already in upstream repo
+Patch1:         junit-jdk8.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  hamcrest >= 1.3
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6.0
@@ -79,15 +81,13 @@ Demos for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n junit-r%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 find . -type f -name "*.jar" -or -name "*.class" | xargs -t rm -rf
 
 ln -s $(build-classpath hamcrest/core) lib/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
 
 %build
-#export CLASSPATH=
-#export OPT_JAR_LIST=:
-#ant -Dant.build.javac.source=1.5 dist
 ant dist -Dversion-status=
 
 %install