diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bb7b689e8..dae4eeca25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,36 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    
+    <!-- IoC/DI containers - completely optional -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jboss.microcontainer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jboss-kernel</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.2.GA</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.guice</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.8</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
   
     <!-- Logging frameworks - completely optional -->
     <dependency>