diff -Nru freetts-1.2.2/debian/changelog freetts-1.2.2/debian/changelog
--- freetts-1.2.2/debian/changelog	2017-12-30 06:48:19.000000000 +0000
+++ freetts-1.2.2/debian/changelog	2018-04-13 21:17:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+freetts (1.2.2-6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * better long-term solution to java runtime dependency issue
+
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:17:41 -0600
+
+freetts (1.2.2-5.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * build with openjdk-8 instead of default-jdk
+  * Disable custom loadClass in VoiceManager
+
+ -- Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>  Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:31:23 -0700
+
 freetts (1.2.2-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * update to policy 4.1.3
diff -Nru freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/disable-custom-loadclass.diff freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/disable-custom-loadclass.diff
--- freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/disable-custom-loadclass.diff	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/disable-custom-loadclass.diff	2018-04-13 21:17:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Origin: https://sourceforge.net/p/freetts/discussion/137670/thread/938f4b85/
+Last-Update: 2018-04-12
+Description: Disable custom loadClass method
+ Custom loadClass in VoiceManager breaks under Java 9
+ .
+ freetts (1.2.2-5.1) unstable; urgency=low
+ .
+   * Disable custom loadClass in VoiceManager
+Author: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
+
+---
+
+--- freetts-1.2.2.orig/com/sun/speech/freetts/VoiceManager.java
++++ freetts-1.2.2/com/sun/speech/freetts/VoiceManager.java
+@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ class DynamicClassLoader extends URLClas
+ 
+     /**
+      * {@inheritDoc}
+-     */
++     *
+     public Class loadClass(final String name)
+         throws ClassNotFoundException {
+         Class loadedClass = findLoadedClass(name);
+@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ class DynamicClassLoader extends URLClas
+         }
+         return loadedClass;
+     }
++    */
+ }
+ 
+ /**
diff -Nru freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/series freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/series
--- freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/series	2017-12-30 06:48:19.000000000 +0000
+++ freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/series	2018-04-13 21:17:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 license.terms-missing.diff
 debian-build-target.diff
 pulse-audio-compat.diff
+disable-custom-loadclass.diff
+set-java-target-version.diff
diff -Nru freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/set-java-target-version.diff freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/set-java-target-version.diff
--- freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/set-java-target-version.diff	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ freetts-1.2.2/debian/patches/set-java-target-version.diff	2018-04-13 21:17:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
+index 34f7475..a5e862e 100644
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
+@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ jsapi.exe from the lib directory.
+         <mkdir dir="${classes_dir}" />
+         <javac debug="true"
+                source="1.4"
++               target="1.4"
+                deprecation="true"
+                srcdir="${src_dir}"
+                excludes="tests/**"
+@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ jsapi.exe from the lib directory.
+         <mkdir dir="${classes_dir}" />
+         <javac debug="true"
+                source="1.4"
++               target="1.4"
+                deprecation="true"
+                srcdir="${src_dir}"
+                includes="tests/**"