diff --git a/org.springframework.core/pom.xml b/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
index a760670ec8..1717f2c84d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.core/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.sf.jopt-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>3.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>