diff --git a/sql/core/pom.xml b/sql/core/pom.xml
index 3a038a2db6173..fc78208a02965 100644
--- a/sql/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/core/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
       <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.novocode</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-interface</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>