diff --git a/pmd/pom.xml b/pmd/pom.xml
index fb6de6609f..81e8aecc87 100644
--- a/pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd/pom.xml
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
+          <version>1.27</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>