diff --git a/jetty-deploy/pom.xml b/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
index ef6e71f0326..0bc5232e344 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           <argLine>
             @{argLine} ${jetty.surefire.argLine}
             --add-modules org.eclipse.jetty.jmx
-            --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.deploy=org.eclipse.jetty.http
+            --add-reads org.eclipse.jetty.deploy=org.eclipse.jetty.http,jetty.servlet.api
           </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>