diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 1b68a2434a..fc8288991f 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@
             <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- logging setup for the test suite -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+            <version>99.0-does-not-exist</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+            <version>99.0-does-not-exist</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl104-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.2</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
@@ -82,6 +97,12 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.14</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <version>5.5</version>
+            <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -100,6 +121,14 @@
         </testResources>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.5</source>
+                    <target>1.5</target>
+                </configuration>
+              </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-test-ext-plugin</artifactId>