diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSlide-Java/OpenSlide-Java-0.12.4-GCCcore-12.3.0-Java-17.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSlide-Java/OpenSlide-Java-0.12.4-GCCcore-12.3.0-Java-17.eb
index da5906ec646..f978519dab8 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSlide-Java/OpenSlide-Java-0.12.4-GCCcore-12.3.0-Java-17.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSlide-Java/OpenSlide-Java-0.12.4-GCCcore-12.3.0-Java-17.eb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s.tar.xz']
 checksums = ['63a6cd63fedc7c700020708c0a362b3807b6780f0246b12c8dc372cecd6130cf']
 
 builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40', '', SYSTEM),
     ('ant', '1.10.12', versionsuffix, SYSTEM),
 ]