diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
index 966f5c3703f..3f01bd94941 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'openjdk8'
 pkgname=openjdk8
 version=8u332b05
-revision=1
+revision=2
 _jdk_update="${version#*u}"
 _jdk_update="${_jdk_update%b*}"
 _jdk_build="${version#*b}"
@@ -205,3 +205,9 @@ openjdk8-doc_package() {
 		fi
 	}
 }
+
+oracle-jre_package() {
+	depends="openjdk8-jre>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc="Java Runtime Environment (transitional dummy package)"
+	build_style=meta
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jre b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..aa848272341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jre
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openjdk8
\ No newline at end of file