diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index 866f45cf03..dc75c884de 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class DependencyCollector
     # python2 is deprecated
     when :python, :python2 then PythonDependency.new(tags)
     when :python3    then Python3Dependency.new(tags)
+    when :java       then JavaDependency.new(tags)
     # Tiger's ld is too old to properly link some software
     when :ld64       then LD64Dependency.new if MacOS.version < :leopard
     when :ant        then ant_dep(spec, tags)