diff --git a/apis/chef/pom.xml b/apis/chef/pom.xml
index 62f110048e..e935b3ed17 100644
--- a/apis/chef/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/chef/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
       org.jclouds.chef*;version=${project.version};-noimport:=true,
       org.jclouds.ohai*;version=${project.version};-noimport:=true,
     </jclouds.osgi.export>
-    <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
+    <jclouds.osgi.import>
+      org.jclouds.*;version="${project.version}",
+      org.jclouds;version="${project.version}",
+      *
+    </jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>