diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template b/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
index fe4e8dd7465..c9d6f86e57e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-jmeter/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=apache-jmeter
 version=5.1.1
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="openjdk apache-ant"
+hostmakedepends="openjdk8 apache-ant"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
 short_desc="Application to load test functional behavior and measure performance"
 maintainer="Kyle Nusbaum <knusbaum+void@sdf.org>"