diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache.feature/feature.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache.feature/feature.xml
index 17a732b4a..8da600137 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache.feature/feature.xml
@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@
          version="0.0.0"
          unpack="false"/>
 
+   <plugin
+         id="org.apache.commons.codec"
+         download-size="0"
+         install-size="0"
+         version="0.0.0"
+         unpack="false"/>
+
 </feature>