diff --git a/cloud.spec b/cloud.spec
index deaf1ca264e..29c10936a9f 100644
--- a/cloud.spec
+++ b/cloud.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ Group:     System Environment/Libraries
 Source0:   %{name}-%{_ver}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{_ver}-%{release}-build
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 17
 BuildRequires: java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires: java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires: tomcat6
 BuildRequires: ws-commons-util
 BuildRequires: jpackage-utils