diff --git a/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml b/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
index 8f9d64103..b8488712a 100644
--- a/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus.cache</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-cache-api</artifactId>