diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 128a19b7b1..a0dbed415e 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
       <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>