diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 90fd07c597..d109c3fd62 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>
-;;; Copyright © 2017 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
@@ -4263,6 +4263,33 @@ from within Java, as well as an object registry that exposes Java objects to
 these scripting language engines.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public java-jsr250
+  (package
+    (name "java-jsr250")
+    (version "1.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"
+                                  "javax/annotation/javax.annotation-api/"
+                                  version "/javax.annotation-api-"
+                                  version "-sources.jar"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "08clh8n4n9wfglf75qsqfjs6yf79f7x6hqx38cn856pksszv50kz"))))
+    (build-system ant-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f ; no tests included
+       #:jdk ,icedtea-8
+       #:jar-name "jsr250.jar"))
+    (home-page "https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=250")
+    (synopsis "Security-related annotations")
+    (description "This package provides annotations for security.  It provides
+packages in the @code{javax.annotation} and @code{javax.annotation.security}
+namespaces.")
+    ;; either cddl or gpl2 only, with classpath exception
+    (license (list license:cddl1.0
+                   license:gpl2))))
+
 (define-public java-jsr305
   (package
     (name "java-jsr305")