diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65e947a747527..a645af5e42808 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
               <include>org.apache.htrace:htrace-core4</include>
               <!-- afterburner module for jackson performance -->
               <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner</include>
+              <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-scala_${scala.binary.version}</include>
               <!-- native HFile reader uses protobuf -->
               <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
             </includes>