diff --git a/junit.spec b/junit.spec
index b070b0c..9c9c478 100644
--- a/junit.spec
+++ b/junit.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core)
 
+# For other packages, surefire-junit4 is normally pulled as transitive
+# runtime dependency of junit, but junit doesn't build-depend on
+# itself, so explicit BR on surefire-junit4 is needed.
+BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit4)
+
 %description
 JUnit is a regression testing framework written by Erich Gamma and Kent Beck. 
 It is used by the developer who implements unit tests in Java. JUnit is Open