diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 59c3076e03..ea56d1ccb6 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index a2811d07ce..52ad783139 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
@@ -108,5 +108,10 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 9e4bb0cf44..53aea03a99 100644
--- a/pmd-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>