diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4e60aab..ec70616 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 java3d (1.5.2+dfsg-16) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  * No longer build the applet to fix the build failure with Java 11
+    (Closes: #912468)
   * Standards-Version updated to 4.2.1
 
  -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:52:52 +0100
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d652477..bede27f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=ant --with javahelper
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	dh_auto_build -- -f j3d-core/build.xml -Dbuild.type=fcs -DjavahBuild.notRequired=true echo jar docs
+	dh_auto_build -- -f j3d-core/build.xml -Dbuild.type=fcs -DjavahBuild.notRequired=true -Djavac.excludes='**/applet/*' echo jar docs
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	dh_auto_build -- -f j3d-core/build.xml clean