diff --git a/apps/sdnip/pom.xml b/apps/sdnip/pom.xml
index 4877d4f..a37c087 100644
--- a/apps/sdnip/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/sdnip/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
+      <artifactId>onos-core-dist</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
     </dependency>