diff --git a/dev-java/gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath-0.98-r6.ebuild b/dev-java/gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath-0.98-r6.ebuild
index 7efae955959b9..640fcefaa8d45 100644
--- a/dev-java/gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath-0.98-r6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/gnu-classpath/gnu-classpath-0.98-r6.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit eutils java-pkg-2 multilib
+inherit epatch java-pkg-2 multilib
 
 MY_P=${P/gnu-/}
 DESCRIPTION="Free core class libraries for use with Java VMs and compilers"