diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index f627627c87..97678e8493 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
       <version>2.0.11</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index 8f23f1661d..ab6b67f1c5 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@
         <war.bundle>true</war.bundle>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons</url>
+      <properties>
+        <war.bundle>true</war.bundle>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>