diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index c7bfdd07..cf4f7f05 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -86,36 +86,65 @@
       <groupId>antlr</groupId>
       <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
       <version>2.7.2</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
       <version>3.3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle-optional</artifactId>
       <version>3.3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>regexp</groupId>
       <artifactId>regexp</artifactId>
       <version>1.3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
       <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
       <version>2.1</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <version>1.0.3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.8</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>