diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index a2a80b8f89..28664423b5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ case $1 in
     ;;
   build)
     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"
+    deps_pkg="gcc g++ sed patch fileutils tar bzip2 gzip perl coreutils gawk texinfo gperf cvs zip unzip xutils diff xsltproc default-jre"
     files="/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h"
     files_pkg="libc6-dev libncurses5-dev"
     ;;