diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 1d9f03ec56d..745c1d97f38 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@
         <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>6.1.26</version>
+             <dependencies>
+              <!-- specify the dependent jdbc driver here -->
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                <version>${cs.mysql.version}</version>
+              </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <scanIntervalSeconds>0</scanIntervalSeconds>
           <stopPort>9966</stopPort>