diff --git a/spring-integration-core/pom.xml b/spring-integration-core/pom.xml
index aceeda037e..0ffe3d1009 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-integration-parent/pom.xml b/spring-integration-parent/pom.xml
index da6cfe6ae1..adb6bce193 100644
--- a/spring-integration-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-parent/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		<org.easymock.version>2.3</org.easymock.version>
 		<org.eclipse.jdt.core.version>3.4.2.v_883_R34x</org.eclipse.jdt.core.version>
 		<org.mockito.version>1.8.4</org.mockito.version>
+		<org.hamcrest.version>1.1</org.hamcrest.version>
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.5.10</org.slf4j.version>
 		<org.springframework.version>3.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>2.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
@@ -192,6 +193,12 @@
 				<version>${org.mockito.version}</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+                <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>