diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index c23cf0138a..a2a80b8f89 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ case $1 in
     deps_pkg="wget"
     ;;
   build)
-    deps="gcc g++ sed patch touch tar bzip2 gzip perl cp gawk makeinfo gperf cvs zip unzip mkfontscale diff xsltproc"
-    deps_pkg="gcc g++ sed patch fileutils tar bzip2 gzip perl coreutils gawk texinfo gperf cvs zip unzip xutils diff xsltproc"
+    deps="gcc g++ sed patch touch tar bzip2 gzip perl cp gawk makeinfo gperf cvs zip unzip mkfontscale diff xsltproc java"
+    deps_pkg="gcc g++ sed patch fileutils tar bzip2 gzip perl coreutils gawk texinfo gperf cvs zip unzip xutils diff xsltproc sun-java6-jre"
     files="/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h"
     files_pkg="libc6-dev libncurses5-dev"
     ;;