diff --git a/linkcheck/project.xml b/linkcheck/project.xml
index 7fa8fa44..1ab73bbd 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/project.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@
         <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency> <!-- Required for commons-httpclient -->
+      <id>log4j</id>
+      <version>1.2.7</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <id>dom4j</id>
       <version>1.4-dev-8</version>