diff --git a/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterix-app/pom.xml
index f712614..5dad0a1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
@@ -73,16 +74,15 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.7.2</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<!--
-						doesn't work from m2eclipse, currently
-						<additionalClasspathElements>
-						<additionalClasspathElement>${basedir}/src/main/resources</additionalClasspathElement>
-						</additionalClasspathElements>
-					-->
+					<!-- doesn't work from m2eclipse, currently <additionalClasspathElements> 
+						<additionalClasspathElement>${basedir}/src/main/resources</additionalClasspathElement> 
+						</additionalClasspathElements> -->
 					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx${test.heap.size}m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx${test.heap.size}m
+						-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties
-                        -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n</argLine>
+						-Xdebug
+						-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n</argLine>
 					<includes>
 						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
 						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
@@ -175,6 +175,34 @@
 			<version>1.3.1-201002241208</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
+			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+			<version>2.9.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>xalan</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
+			<version>2.7.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>