diff --git a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
index 2e094738376..e13c7e181b0 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
                 <include>com.tdunning:t-digest</include>
 
                 <include>commons-codec:commons-codec</include>
+                <include>commons-collections:commons-collections</include>
                 <include>commons-configuration:commons-configuration</include>
                 <include>commons-io:commons-io</include>
 
diff --git a/assembly/broker/pom.xml b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
index 6e1f0c32d28..3ccdb0ec8f0 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
             <artifactId>liquibase-core</artifactId>
@@ -658,6 +662,14 @@
                                     <overWrite>true</overWrite>
                                     <outputDirectory>target/broker_dependency</outputDirectory>
                                 </artifactItem>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+                                    <version>${commons-collections.version}</version>
+                                    <type>jar</type>
+                                    <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+                                    <outputDirectory>target/broker_dependency</outputDirectory>
+                                </artifactItem>
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>liquibase-core</artifactId>