diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
index 1ec9c85..c515a67 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-2.x/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
 		<version>0.2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
+	<properties>
+			<root.dir>${basedir}/../../..</root.dir>
+	</properties>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>