diff --git a/querydsl-core/pom.xml b/querydsl-core/pom.xml
index 7f5cb1c16..a4076fa34 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-core/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-      <version>${cglib.version}</version>
+      <version>${cglib.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     
      <!-- backwards compatibility -->