diff --git a/commons-vfs2/pom.xml b/commons-vfs2/pom.xml
index 1fb4b81..787bfaf 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-vfs2/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs-client</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>