diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/pom.xml
index b4015bc..db8af6f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
     <version>0.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
+  <properties>
+      <root.dir>${basedir}/../../..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>