diff --git a/maven-osgi.changes b/maven-osgi.changes
index 0fbb86f..105e8ac 100644
--- a/maven-osgi.changes
+++ b/maven-osgi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 24 17:06:36 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Specify maven.compiler.release to fix build with jdk9+ and newer
+  maven-javadoc-plugin
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May  3 15:03:52 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-osgi.spec b/maven-osgi.spec
index 1ad37ac..c40d36a 100644
--- a/maven-osgi.spec
+++ b/maven-osgi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package maven-osgi
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
+BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  mvn(biz.aQute:bndlib)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.shared:maven-shared-components:pom:)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven:maven-project)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-metadata)
-BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ sed -i 's/import aQute\.lib\.osgi/import aQute.bnd.osgi/g' src/main/java/org/apa
 %pom_xpath_set "pom:artifactId[text()='plexus-maven-plugin']" plexus-component-metadata
 
 %build
-# Tests depend on binary JARs which were removed from sources
-%{mvn_build} -f
+%{mvn_build} -f \
+%if %{?pkg_vcmp:%pkg_vcmp java-devel >= 9}%{!?pkg_vcmp:0}
+	-- -Dmaven.compiler.release=6
+%endif
 
 %install
 %mvn_install