diff --git a/distribution/docker/kenlm/Dockerfile b/distribution/docker/kenlm/Dockerfile
index fd82090..5342275 100644
--- a/distribution/docker/kenlm/Dockerfile
+++ b/distribution/docker/kenlm/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
             liblzma-dev \            
             libz-dev \
             make \
-            curl
+            curl \
+            openjdk-8-jdk
 
 # set environment variables
 ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/