diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 420c9ea8d7..aadc0ce665 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <xstream-version>1.3.1</xstream-version>
     <xbean-version>3.4</xbean-version>
     <felix-version>1.0.0</felix-version>
+    <commons-net-version>2.0</commons-net-version>
     <site-repo-url>scpexe://people.apache.org/www/activemq.apache.org/maven/</site-repo-url>
     <!-- OSGi bundles properties -->
     <activemq.osgi.import.pkg>*</activemq.osgi.import.pkg>
@@ -878,6 +879,12 @@
         <artifactId>geronimo-transaction</artifactId>
         <version>2.1</version>
       </dependency>
+    <!-- FTP support for BlobMessages -->
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
+	    <version>${commons-net-version}</version>
+	</dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>