diff --git a/ognibuild/buildlog.py b/ognibuild/buildlog.py
index 4b4857e..7d7d4c3 100644
--- a/ognibuild/buildlog.py
+++ b/ognibuild/buildlog.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from buildlog_consultant.common import (
     MissingXmlEntity,
     MissingJDKFile,
     MissingJDK,
+    MissingJRE,
     MissingNodeModule,
     MissingPhpClass,
     MissingRubyGem,
@@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ def problem_to_upstream_requirement(problem):  # noqa: C901
         return JDKFileRequirement(problem.jdk_path, problem.filename)
     elif isinstance(problem, MissingJDK):
         return JDKRequirement()
+    elif isinstance(problem, MissingJRE):
+        return JRERequirement()
     elif isinstance(problem, MissingGnomeCommonDependency):
         if problem.package == "glib-gettext":
             return BinaryRequirement("glib-gettextize")
diff --git a/ognibuild/requirements.py b/ognibuild/requirements.py
index fc19f79..8b6a0b1 100644
--- a/ognibuild/requirements.py
+++ b/ognibuild/requirements.py
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ class JDKRequirement(Requirement):
         super(JDKRequirement, self).__init__("jdk")
 
 
+class JRERequirement(Requirement):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(JRERequirement, self).__init__("jre")
+
+
 class PerlFileRequirement(Requirement):
 
     filename: str
diff --git a/ognibuild/resolver/apt.py b/ognibuild/resolver/apt.py
index 8cd4f25..cdfa028 100644
--- a/ognibuild/resolver/apt.py
+++ b/ognibuild/resolver/apt.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from ..requirements import (
     GnomeCommonRequirement,
     JDKFileRequirement,
     JDKRequirement,
+    JRERequirement,
     PerlModuleRequirement,
     PerlFileRequirement,
     AutoconfMacroRequirement,
@@ -465,6 +466,10 @@ def resolve_jdk_req(apt_mgr, req):
     return AptRequirement.simple('default-jdk')
 
 
+def resolve_jre_req(apt_mgr, req):
+    return AptRequirement.simple('default-jre')
+
+
 def resolve_perl_module_req(apt_mgr, req):
     DEFAULT_PERL_PATHS = ["/usr/share/perl5"]
 
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ APT_REQUIREMENT_RESOLVERS = [
     (GnomeCommonRequirement, resolve_gnome_common_req),
     (JDKFileRequirement, resolve_jdk_file_req),
     (JDKRequirement, resolve_jdk_req),
+    (JRERequirement, resolve_jre_req),
     (PerlModuleRequirement, resolve_perl_module_req),
     (PerlFileRequirement, resolve_perl_file_req),
     (AutoconfMacroRequirement, resolve_autoconf_macro_req),