diff --git a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
index d983fae3de..e9611fc375 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
+++ b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-api-xml</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-api-di</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>