diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index 1f7f06d..937dbb0 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 24 11:28:47 UTC 2018 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Fix build with jdk10
+  * give a bogus javah path "%{_bindir}/true", since the cmake
+    checks the javah binary although the build does not use it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 12 13:43:49 UTC 2018 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index 5842b83..173bf98 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gl2ps-devel
 BuildRequires:  gnuplot
 BuildRequires:  graphviz
 BuildRequires:  hdf5-devel
-BuildRequires:  java-devel <= 9
+BuildRequires:  java-devel
 BuildRequires:  libX11-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXt-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel
@@ -263,7 +263,13 @@ fi
 
 mkdir build
 pushd build
-cmake .. \
+# FindJava.cmake looks for javah executable. However,
+# the build never invokes the tool. Define a bogus
+# Java_JAVAH_EXECUTABLE in order to be able to build
+# with JDK10 that does not have this tool, deprecated
+# since JDK8.
+cmake ..  \
+    -DJava_JAVAH_EXECUTABLE:PATH=%{_bindir}/true\
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING='mpicxx' \
     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:STRING='mpicc' \
     -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON \