diff --git a/wscript_configure b/wscript_configure
index 89b66792c1d..de9f7b860f0 100644
--- a/wscript_configure
+++ b/wscript_configure
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ depsclasspath = [ in_javadir(_basename(x)) for x in _glob(_join(conf.srcdir,"dep
 conf.env.DEPSCLASSPATH = pathsep.join(depsclasspath)
 
 # the MS classpath points to JARs required to run the management server
-msclasspath = [ in_javadir("%s-%s.jar"%(conf.env.PACKAGE,x)) for x in "utils api core server server-extras core-extras".split() ]
+msclasspath = [ in_javadir("%s-%s.jar"%(conf.env.PACKAGE,x)) for x in "utils api core server server-extras core-extras vmware-base".split() ]
 conf.env.MSCLASSPATH = pathsep.join(msclasspath)
 
 # the agent and simulator classpaths point to JARs required to run these two applications