diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54507dae..81086383 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,38 @@
             </plugins>
           </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+          <id>java7</id>
+          <activation>
+            <file>
+              <missing>.jdk8</missing>
+            </file>
+          </activation>
+	      <build>
+            <plugins>
+              <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                  <signature>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>java17</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0</version>
+                  </signature>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                    <id>enforce-java-7</id>
+                    <phase>test</phase>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>check</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </execution>
+                </executions>
+              </plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		  </build>
+		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>docs</id>
 			<build>