diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62d9a69b2..deda516be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <site>
@@ -377,6 +378,21 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>