diff --git a/SOURCES/junit-ignore-bridge-methods.patch b/SOURCES/junit-ignore-bridge-methods.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c54cdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/junit-ignore-bridge-methods.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 80542f2c5d3d52812405829d8e1c5b0a0acc3e7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 11:21:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Ignore bridge methods
+
+---
+ src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/TestClass.java | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/TestClass.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/TestClass.java
+index 93209ea..baca84d 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/TestClass.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/runners/model/TestClass.java
+@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class TestClass {
+ 
+         for (Class<?> eachClass : getSuperClasses(fClass)) {
+             for (Method eachMethod : MethodSorter.getDeclaredMethods(eachClass)) {
++                if (!eachMethod.isBridge())
+                 addToAnnotationLists(new FrameworkMethod(eachMethod),
+                         fMethodsForAnnotations);
+             }
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/SPECS/junit.spec b/SPECS/junit.spec
index 23ee40b..3e3e795 100644
--- a/SPECS/junit.spec
+++ b/SPECS/junit.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 Name:           %{?scl_prefix}%{pkg_name}
 Version:        4.11
-Release:        8.15%{?dist}
+Release:        8.16%{?dist}
 Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Java regression test package
 License:        CPL
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Source3:        create-tarball.sh
 
 # Removing hamcrest source jar references (not available and/or necessary)
 Patch0:         %{pkg_name}-no-hamcrest-src.patch
+Patch1:         %{pkg_name}-ignore-bridge-methods.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  %{?scl_prefix}ant
 BuildRequires:  %{?scl_prefix_maven}ant-contrib
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ Demonstrations and samples for %{pkg_name}.
 %{?scl:scl enable %{scl_maven} %{scl} - <<"EOF"}
 set -e -x
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 cp build/maven/junit-pom-template.xml pom.xml
 # fix placeholder version in pom
@@ -152,6 +154,9 @@ cp -pr %{pkg_name}%{version}/%{pkg_name}/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/d
 %doc junit%{version}/doc/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 17 2016 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 0:4.11-8.16
+- Ignore bridge methods to fix build under JDK 7
+
 * Thu Jul 02 2015 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 0:4.11-8.15
 - Fix OSGi manifest metadata (rhbz#1238311)