diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 614c08a..0002ad2 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
       <groupId>org.jmock</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmock</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd5889c..9c0e38d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <!-- This is WRONG, but leaving in here to preserve/restore original copyright headers -->
     <projectOwner>Apache Software Foundation</projectOwner>
     <javaVersion>1.7</javaVersion>
+    <activationVersion>1.2.0</activationVersion>
   </properties>
   
   <modules>
@@ -160,6 +161,11 @@
         <version>1.1</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${activationVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
       
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jmock</groupId>