diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c6396b..1a9e2dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+	<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+	<artifactId>apache-log4j-companions-parent</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>log4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache-log4j-component</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>