diff --git a/scala.spec b/scala.spec
index d390c53..703a647 100644
--- a/scala.spec
+++ b/scala.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 # /usr/share/java-utils/java-functions
 Requires:       javapackages-tools
 Requires:       jline >= 2.10
+%ifarch %{ix86}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1500
+BuildConflicts: java >= 9
+BuildConflicts: java-devel >= 9
+BuildConflicts: java-headless >= 9
+%endif
+%endif
 %if %{with bootstrap}
 Source100:      scala-compiler.jar
 Source101:      scala-library.jar