diff --git a/jdom-2.0.5-java8.patch b/jdom-2.0.5-java8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9399b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdom-2.0.5-java8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff -Nru jdom-JDOM-2.0.5/core/src/java/org/jdom2/AttributeList.java jdom-JDOM-2.0.5-gil/core/src/java/org/jdom2/AttributeList.java
+--- jdom-JDOM-2.0.5/core/src/java/org/jdom2/AttributeList.java	2013-04-17 00:00:39.000000000 +0200
++++ jdom-JDOM-2.0.5-gil/core/src/java/org/jdom2/AttributeList.java	2014-04-05 01:16:17.473795389 +0200
+@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
+ 	 * 
+ 	 * @param comp The Comparator to use for sorting.
+ 	 */
+-	void sort(Comparator<? super Attribute> comp) {
++	public void sort(Comparator<? super Attribute> comp) {
+ 		final int sz = size;
+ 		int[] indexes = new int[sz];
+ 		for (int i = 0 ; i < sz; i++) {
+diff -Nru jdom-JDOM-2.0.5/core/src/java/org/jdom2/ContentList.java jdom-JDOM-2.0.5-gil/core/src/java/org/jdom2/ContentList.java
+--- jdom-JDOM-2.0.5/core/src/java/org/jdom2/ContentList.java	2013-04-17 00:00:39.000000000 +0200
++++ jdom-JDOM-2.0.5-gil/core/src/java/org/jdom2/ContentList.java	2014-04-05 01:17:24.004508188 +0200
+@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
+ 		return left;
+ 	}
+ 	
+-	final void sort(final Comparator<? super Content> comp) {
++	public final void sort(final Comparator<? super Content> comp) {
+ 		final int sz = size;
+ 		int[] indexes = new int[sz];
+ 		for (int i = 0 ; i < sz; i++) {
+@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@
+ 		}
+ 		
+ 
+-		final void sort(final Comparator<? super F> comp) {
++		public final void sort(final Comparator<? super F> comp) {
+ 			// this size() forces a full scan/update of the list.
+ 			final int sz = size();
+ 			final int[] indexes = new int[sz];
diff --git a/jdom2.spec b/jdom2.spec
index bdf6b11..78ff78c 100644
--- a/jdom2.spec
+++ b/jdom2.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Source2:       jdom-junit-template.pom
 # Disable gpg signatures
 # Process contrib and junit pom files
 Patch0:        jdom-2.0.5-build.patch
+# Resolve conflict with java8
+# make JDOM sort methods public
+Patch1:        jdom-2.0.5-java8.patch
 
 BuildRequires: java-devel
 BuildRequires: java-javadoc
@@ -62,14 +65,13 @@ find . -name "*.jar" -print -delete
 
 %patch0 -p0
 sed -i "s|%{_javadir}/objectweb-asm|%{_javadir}/objectweb-asm3|" build.xml
+%patch1 -p1
 
 cp -p %{SOURCE1} maven/contrib.pom
 cp -p %{SOURCE2} maven/junit.pom
 
 sed -i 's/\r//' LICENSE.txt README.txt
 
-sed -i "s|final void sort(final Comparator<? super Content> comp) {|public final void sort(final Comparator<? super Content> comp) {|" core/src/java/org/jdom2/ContentList.java
-
 %build
 
 ant -Dversion=%{version} -Dj2se.apidoc=%{_javadocdir}/java maven