diff --git a/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index e5d22119f..bf7f98051 100644
--- a/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
       <version>1.0.4</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>