diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f6b15776d0..aeb94bc6d8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
               <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
@@ -1370,6 +1371,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -1479,6 +1481,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1515,6 +1518,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1551,6 +1555,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-mapred</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1588,18 +1593,21 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common-test</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-test</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-mapred-test</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -1651,6 +1659,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1695,6 +1704,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1731,6 +1741,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-mapred</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <exclusions>
             <!--Needs more work, tightening-->
             <exclusion>
@@ -1768,6 +1779,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <type>test-jar</type>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -1775,6 +1787,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <type>test-jar</type>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -1782,6 +1795,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-mapred-test</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+          <optional>true</optional>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>