diff --git a/programming/language/java/java7-openjdk/pspec.xml b/programming/language/java/java7-openjdk/pspec.xml
index a23f3d76ca..9a6747a6d6 100755
--- a/programming/language/java/java7-openjdk/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/java/java7-openjdk/pspec.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
             <Dependency>libjpeg-turbo-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libXcomposite-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>chrpath</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>jre7-openjdk-headless</Dependency>
             <!--<Dependency>pulseaudio-libs-devel</Dependency>--><!-- for bootstrap -->
         </BuildDependencies>
         <AdditionalFiles>