diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index 055edac..93c7786 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ Group: Development/System
 License: LGPLv2+
 Requires: brlapi = %{api_version}-%{release}
 ## temporary work around, java-devel is not resolved consistently across archs
-BuildRequires: java-devel
+BuildRequires: java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
+#BuildRequires: java-devel
 #BuildRequires: java-1.5.0-gcj-devel
 Summary: Java binding for BrlAPI
 %description -n brlapi-java