diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
index 593a6d8340..794966f1c3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #
 # Author: Justin Too <too1@llnl.gov>
 #
-import distutils
+import distutils.dir_util
 
 import spack
 from spack import *