diff --git a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-classic/pom.xml b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-classic/pom.xml
index ab31e2b20bf..7055c69d54e 100644
--- a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-classic/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-classic/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@
       <version>${jaxb.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.istack</groupId>
       <artifactId>istack-commons-runtime</artifactId>
@@ -180,6 +186,7 @@
               org.apache.tika.parser.internal.Activator
             </Bundle-Activator>
             <Embed-Dependency>*;scope=compile;artifactId=tika-parsers-classic-package|
+              javax.activation|
               xerces|
               commons-compress|
               xz|