diff --git a/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle b/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
index 4d26fb2f..bb95bd7f 100644
--- a/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
+++ b/spring-gemfire-starter/spring-gemfire-starter.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 	compile "org.springframework.data:spring-data-gemfire"
 
+	runtime 'javax.cache:cache-api'
+
 	runtime 'org.springframework.shell:spring-shell'
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle b/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
index b4d03994..b27d5bae 100644
--- a/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
+++ b/spring-geode-starter/spring-geode-starter.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 	compile(project(':spring-geode-autoconfigure'))
 
+	runtime 'javax.cache:cache-api'
+
 	runtime 'org.springframework.shell:spring-shell'
 
 }