diff --git a/solr/manifests/init.pp b/solr/manifests/init.pp
index 39fb9ac..ce15350 100644
--- a/solr/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/solr/manifests/init.pp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class solr(
         fail("Must declare apache before solr")
     }
 
+    require openjdk::jre
+
     if ! $solr_package {
         if $::solr_package_latest {
             $solr_package = $::solr_package_latest