diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-tomcat/template b/srcpkgs/apache-tomcat/template
index 64a981fd38b..5244d0c5a6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-tomcat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-tomcat/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=apache-tomcat
 version=9.0.26
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
-hostmakedepends="openjdk apache-ant"
+hostmakedepends="openjdk8 apache-ant"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
 short_desc="Open source implementation of the Java Servlet"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"