diff --git a/development/rstudio-desktop/rstudio-desktop.info b/development/rstudio-desktop/rstudio-desktop.info
index f2386694fb..43943cc811 100644
--- a/development/rstudio-desktop/rstudio-desktop.info
+++ b/development/rstudio-desktop/rstudio-desktop.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/tarball/v0.98.501/rstudio-rstudio-v
 MD5SUM="1bd61ad7bd8991ec637db3d714da5421 0e03798b8e53096c4a906bde05e32378 2409168cc18bf5f341e107e6887fe359 6ada64bdd849abd0d954c44d42187340 480ede551eeffec08162a7a913eee906 542e08e4fac8819735331966c5c16016"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="R apache-ant" 
+REQUIRES="R apache-ant jdk"
 MAINTAINER="Michael Stewart"
 EMAIL="michael.stewart@sydney.edu.au"