diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index f8d3aa2e040..539d948d831 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -101,5 +101,10 @@
        <artifactId>hbase-shell</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+       <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
+       <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>