diff --git a/package-lists/buildall.pkgs b/package-lists/buildall.pkgs
index a4f22616..79f835c6 100644
--- a/package-lists/buildall.pkgs
+++ b/package-lists/buildall.pkgs
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 # be available to appliance-build.
 #
 
-# Note: bcc should be built before bpftrace since it provides libbcc which is
-# required to build bpftrace.
+# Note: The following packages should be built first be cause other packages
+# depend on them being built.
+#  - bcc is required by bpftrace
+#  - java8 is required by the saml app
 bcc
+java8
 
 bpftrace
 cloud-init
diff --git a/packages/java8/config.sh b/packages/java8/config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2968a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/java8/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Delphix
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+
+DEFAULT_PACKAGE_GIT_URL=none
+
+tarfile="jdk-8u171-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+jdk_path="/usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-jdk-amd64"
+
+function prepare() {
+	logmust install_pkgs java-package
+}
+
+function fetch() {
+	logmust cd "$WORKDIR/"
+	local url="http://artifactory.delphix.com/artifactory"
+	logmust wget -nv "$url/java-binaries/linux/jdk/8/$tarfile" -O "$tarfile"
+}
+
+function build() {
+	logmust cd "$WORKDIR/"
+	logmust env DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip fakeroot make-jpkg "$tarfile" <<<y
+	logmust mv ./*.deb "$WORKDIR/artifacts/"
+	logmust bash -c "echo $jdk_path >'$WORKDIR/artifacts/JDK_PATH'"
+	logmust install_pkgs "$WORKDIR/artifacts/"*.deb
+}