diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/pom.xml
index 5ae134fc2..251893594 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-spring</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-component-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-jdo2</artifactId>