diff --git a/pentaho-libxml.spec b/pentaho-libxml.spec
index 1dd6618..0b4fbda 100644
--- a/pentaho-libxml.spec
+++ b/pentaho-libxml.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Patch0:         libxml-1.1.2-build.patch
 Patch1:         pentaho-libxml-1.1.3-sourcetarget.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  ant-contrib
-BuildRequires:  java-devel
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils
 BuildRequires:  libbase
 BuildRequires:  libloader