diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 2861109307..7b24b2e74e 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-tcnative</artifactId>
+      <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
       <artifactId>jzlib</artifactId>