diff --git a/modello.spec b/modello.spec
index d4ee335..37bd529 100644
--- a/modello.spec
+++ b/modello.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           modello
 Version:        1.9.1
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Modello Data Model toolkit
 # The majority of files are under MIT license, but some of them are
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind)
 %if %{with snakeyaml}
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.yaml:snakeyaml)
 %endif
+# Explicit javapackages-tools requires since modello script uses
+# /usr/share/java-utils/java-functions
+Requires:         javapackages-tools
 
 %description
 Modello is a Data Model toolkit in use by the Apache Maven Project.
@@ -91,6 +94,9 @@ sed -i s/maven-project/maven-core/ modello-maven-plugin/pom.xml
 %doc LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 31 2018 Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf@redhat.com> - 0:1.9.1-7
+- Add explicit requires on javapackages-tools for modello script.
+
 * Tue Jul 17 2018 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 0:1.9.1-6
 - Allow conditionally building without snakeyaml