diff --git a/jetty-npn/pom.xml b/jetty-npn/pom.xml
index 35eea751519..28d3ad12ec5 100644
--- a/jetty-npn/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-npn/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     <name>Jetty :: Next Protocol Negotiation :: API</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <bundle-symbolic-name>${project.groupId}.npn.api</bundle-symbolic-name>
+      <!-- for now we do make it an OSGi bundle...
+      but it needs to be in the bootstrap classes at runtime. -->
+        <bundle-symbolic-name>org.eclipse.jetty.npn</bundle-symbolic-name>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@
                 <instructions>
                   <Export-Package>org.eclipse.jetty.npn.*;version="9.0"</Export-Package>
                   <Import-Package>*</Import-Package>
+                  <Bundle-Description>Next Protocol Negotiation API. must be in the bootstrap packages at runtime.</Bundle-Description>
                 </instructions>
               </configuration>
              </execution>