diff --git a/dev-lang/ammonite-repl-bin/ammonite-repl-bin-2.4.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/ammonite-repl-bin/ammonite-repl-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
index 822af7f58d..f0e3f45e98 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ammonite-repl-bin/ammonite-repl-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/ammonite-repl-bin/ammonite-repl-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 S="${WORKDIR}"
 
-RDEPEND="virtual/jre"
+RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
 
 src_install() {
 	newbin "${DISTDIR}/ammonite-${PV}" amm