diff --git a/querydsl-hql/pom.xml b/querydsl-hql/pom.xml
index 61fa60c7c..8f45c6753 100644
--- a/querydsl-hql/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-hql/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
       <groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
       <artifactId>querydsl-sql</artifactId>
       <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-      <scope>optional</scope>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional> 
     </dependency>    
 	
     <!-- test -->
diff --git a/querydsl-jdoql/pom.xml b/querydsl-jdoql/pom.xml
index 5655ba7e4..7ac564e0b 100644
--- a/querydsl-jdoql/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-jdoql/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
       <groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
       <artifactId>querydsl-sql</artifactId>
       <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-      <scope>optional</scope>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional> 
     </dependency>      
 
     <!-- test -->