diff --git a/srcpkgs/javahelp2/template b/srcpkgs/javahelp2/template
index 96c1dfcd446..3d02a3ffe0e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/javahelp2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/javahelp2/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _gitver=3ca862d8626096770598a3a256886d205246f4a4
 wrksrc=javahelp-${_gitver}
 archs=noarch
 short_desc="Java based help system"
-hostmakedepends="openjdk apache-ant unzip"
+hostmakedepends="openjdk8 apache-ant unzip"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="CDDL-1.1, GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://javahelp.java.net/"