diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2e7772bf89..d26de18151 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Revert removal of withBufferSizeInMB(int size) in CQLSSTableWriter.Builder class and deprecate it in favor of withBufferSizeInMiB(int size) (CASSANDRA-17675)
  * Remove expired snapshots of dropped tables after restart (CASSANDRA-17619)
 Merged from 4.0:
+ * Allow Java 11 to satisfy RPM/Debian packaging (CASSANDRA-17669)
  * Ensure FileStreamTask cannot compromise shared channel proxy for system table when interrupted (CASSANDRA-17663)
  * silence benign SslClosedEngineException (CASSANDRA-17565)
 Merged from 3.11:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1fc3f96d3e..4ccaaaac2f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Eric Evans <eevans@apache.org>
 Uploaders: Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), openjdk-8-jdk | java8-jdk, ant (>= 1.9), ant-optional (>= 1.9), dh-python, python3-dev (>= 3.6), quilt, bash-completion
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), openjdk-8-jdk | java8-jdk | openjdk-11-jdk | java11-jdk, ant (>= 1.9), ant-optional (>= 1.9), dh-python, python3-dev (>= 3.6), quilt, bash-completion
 Homepage: http://cassandra.apache.org
 Vcs-Git: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 
 Package: cassandra
 Architecture: all
-Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless | java8-runtime, adduser, python3 (>= 3.6), procps, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless | java8-runtime | openjdk-11-jre-headless | java11-runtime, adduser, python3 (>= 3.6), procps, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: ntp | time-daemon
 Suggests: cassandra-tools
 Conflicts: apache-cassandra1
diff --git a/redhat/cassandra.spec b/redhat/cassandra.spec
index a3abaa6ece..7431c1cd8e 100644
--- a/redhat/cassandra.spec
+++ b/redhat/cassandra.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{relname}root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: ant >= 1.9
 BuildRequires: ant-junit >= 1.9
 
-Requires:      jre >= 1.8.0
+Requires:      (jre-1.8.0 or jre-11)
 Requires:      python(abi) >= 3.6
 Requires:      procps-ng >= 3.3
 Requires(pre): user(cassandra)