--- a/plexus-java/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+++ b/plexus-java/src/main/java9/module-info.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 module org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java {
     requires com.thoughtworks.qdox;
     requires org.objectweb.asm;
+    requires java.inject;
 
     exports org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.jpms;
     exports org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.version;