diff --git a/velocity.spec b/velocity.spec
index 64d26bf..cb50f38 100644
--- a/velocity.spec
+++ b/velocity.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+%bcond_without bootstrap
+
 Name:           velocity
 Version:        1.7
 Release:        27%{?dist}
@@ -17,9 +19,13 @@ Patch2:         0002-Force-use-of-JDK-log-chute.patch
 Patch3:         0003-CVE-2020-13936.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
+%if %{with bootstrap}
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-bootstrap
+%else
 BuildRequires:  mvn(commons-collections:commons-collections)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.commons:commons-lang3)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache:apache:pom:)
+%endif
 
 %description
 Velocity is a Java-based template engine. It permits anyone to use the