diff --git a/karaf/deployer/spring/pom.xml b/karaf/deployer/spring/pom.xml
index e3ee5a6..77156ae 100644
--- a/karaf/deployer/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/karaf/deployer/spring/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 
     <description>This deployer transforms a plain spring xml file to a deployable bundle</description>
 
+    <properties>
+        <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/../../etc/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@
                     <instructions>
                         <Bundle-SymbolicName>${pom.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
                         <Export-Package>${pom.artifactId}*;version=${project.version}</Export-Package>
+                        <Import-Package>!${pom.artifactId}*,*</Import-Package>
                         <Private-Package>org.apache.felix.karaf.deployer.spring</Private-Package>
                         <_versionpolicy>${bnd.version.policy}</_versionpolicy>
                     </instructions>