diff --git a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
index ec3a4ed6b2..32dc174786 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>