diff --git a/apache-commons-pool.changes b/apache-commons-pool.changes
index 42efcaa..a7fdda6 100644
--- a/apache-commons-pool.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-pool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 14 14:17:08 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Added patch:
+  * commons-pool-1.6-sourcetarget.patch
+    + Specify java source and target level 1.6 in order to allow
+      building with jdk9
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 29 10:59:24 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-pool.spec b/apache-commons-pool.spec
index 393e034..aa15761 100644
--- a/apache-commons-pool.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-pool.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package apache-commons-pool
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 Url:            https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-pool/
 Source0:        http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/%{base_name}/source/%{short_name}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Patch0:         jakarta-commons-pool-build.patch
+Patch1:         commons-pool-1.6-sourcetarget.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  java-devel
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Pool Package.
 # remove all binary libs
 find . -name "*.jar" -exec rm -f {} \;
 %patch0
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 ant -Djava.io.tmpdir=. clean dist
diff --git a/commons-pool-1.6-sourcetarget.patch b/commons-pool-1.6-sourcetarget.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f32d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons-pool-1.6-sourcetarget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- commons-pool-1.6-src/build.xml	2012-01-04 16:30:59.000000000 +0100
++++ commons-pool-1.6-src/build.xml	2017-09-14 16:06:25.115950300 +0200
+@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
+       <property name="javac.optimize" value="false"/>
+       <property name="javac.debug" value="true"/>
+       <property name="javac.deprecation" value="true"/>
+-      <property name="javac.target.version" value="1.5"/>
+-      <property name="javac.src.version" value="1.5"/>
++      <property name="javac.target.version" value="1.6"/>
++      <property name="javac.src.version" value="1.6"/>
+    </target>
+ 
+    <!-- ######################################################### -->