diff --git a/eclass/java-vm-2.eclass b/eclass/java-vm-2.eclass
index 7c63e63fad76d..8196b1cdc72af 100644
--- a/eclass/java-vm-2.eclass
+++ b/eclass/java-vm-2.eclass
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-eselect/eselect-java
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip"
+
+if [[ ${EAPI} == 6 ]]; then
+	DEPEND+=" ${BDEPEND}"
+fi
 
 export WANT_JAVA_CONFIG=2