diff --git a/velocity.spec b/velocity.spec
index eacaf0f..c0f364b 100644
--- a/velocity.spec
+++ b/velocity.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Requires:       jdom
 Requires:       bcel
 Requires:       log4j
 
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  antlr
 BuildRequires:  junit