diff --git a/development/groovy/groovy.info b/development/groovy/groovy.info
index 4a57ec8a79..222cde76e5 100644
--- a/development/groovy/groovy.info
+++ b/development/groovy/groovy.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://dist.groovy.codehaus.org/distributions/groovy-binary-1.8.2.zip"
 MD5SUM="6f02a0ecd6c2f9192f3ef3e58eeaec06"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="jdk"
 MAINTAINER="Jockey S. Kyd"
 EMAIL="jockey.kyd@gmail.com"