diff --git a/releng/CDT.setup b/releng/CDT.setup
index 0c71c75d29e..77c935f04ff 100644
--- a/releng/CDT.setup
+++ b/releng/CDT.setup
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
             name="org.eclipse.platform.feature.group"/>
         <requirement
             name="com.sun.xml.bind"/>
+        <requirement
+            name="javax.activation"/>
         <requirement
             name="javax.xml.bind"/>
         <requirement
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/category.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/category.xml
index 8c9a50f11d9..13b81c20049 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/category.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/category.xml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
    <iu id="org.eclipse.cdt.util.source" version="0.0.0"/>
    <iu id="org.eclipse.cdt.remote.core" version="0.0.0"/>
    <iu id="org.eclipse.cdt.remote.core.source" version="0.0.0"/>
+   <iu id="javax.activation" version="0.0.0"/>
    <iu id="javax.xml" version="0.0.0"/>
    <iu id="javax.xml.bind" version="0.0.0"/>
    <iu id="javax.xml.stream" version="0.0.0"/>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/cdt.target b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/cdt.target
index f67c064c8bb..8878ab7eaf3 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/cdt.target
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/cdt.target
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?pde version="3.8"?><target name="cdt" sequenceNumber="48">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?pde version="3.8"?><target name="cdt" sequenceNumber="49">
 <locations>
 <location includeAllPlatforms="false" includeConfigurePhase="false" includeMode="planner" includeSource="true" type="InstallableUnit">
 <unit id="com.google.gson" version="0.0.0"/>
 <unit id="com.sun.xml.bind" version="0.0.0"/>
+<unit id="javax.activation" version="0.0.0"/>
 <unit id="javax.xml.bind" version="0.0.0"/>
 <unit id="javax.xml.stream" version="0.0.0"/>
 <unit id="net.sourceforge.lpg.lpgjavaruntime" version="0.0.0"/>