diff --git a/extra/java7-openjdk/PKGBUILD b/extra/java7-openjdk/PKGBUILD
index ea4e542d6..3a81e2517 100644
--- a/extra/java7-openjdk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/java7-openjdk/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #    original changeset left commented to be able to spot changes on package upgrades
 #  - added our architectures to set _JARCH
 #  - strip -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 from C/CXXFLAGS
+#  - specify default hotspot build (can remove for icedtea 2.6.0)
 
 #noautobuild=1
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ sha256sums=('f05b1db06021f4cd3a39647f358a47130136d189431fb55f79855f627b1d6619'
             'c1bc0d25457ccf40fcaeb5311052f6d2fbab8ef316b0381995835827711da483'
             '71b269ea930da36d751c6183816ef53a65c0587b7cf0195f87759b4c02c3b660'
             'd724a9749f51a3c66351ad8a27bc4570640720eace33cd03f1a52e2e45731dfb'
+            '9ad943ceb3dbcdf45d72974fc3667886a7ed65c69ab9abc17be5412827551a7f'
             '56b919ababb13bd6afdcdaceb112b529b6e82539255f2dae9a7e5eb91645164b')
 
 noextract=(icedtea_${_icedtea_ver}_openjdk.tar.bz2
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ build() {
         --with-abs-install-dir=${_jvmdir} \
         --enable-infinality=no \
         --disable-docs \
-        --enable-zero
+        --enable-zero \
+        --with-hotspot-build=default
     make
 }