diff --git a/crunch-dist/pom.xml b/crunch-dist/pom.xml
index 8575a8e..5e31ac5 100644
--- a/crunch-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/crunch-dist/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.crunch</groupId>
       <artifactId>crunch-contrib</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.crunch</groupId>
+      <artifactId>crunch-kafka</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/crunch-kafka/pom.xml b/crunch-kafka/pom.xml
index 32429f5..cdb7e5e 100644
--- a/crunch-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/crunch-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -98,4 +98,16 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+     </plugins>
+   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca689ed..ab2a93b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.crunch</groupId>
+        <artifactId>crunch-kafka</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>