diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 90e4dcb94..63e9dd6a4 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
             <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
             <artifactId>mapstruct</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mapstruct-jdk8</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
             <artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml b/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
index 5192f0b05..58a2cf0d7 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
             <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
             <includes>
                 <include>org.mapstruct:mapstruct</include>
+                <include>org.mapstruct:mapstruct-jdk8</include>
                 <include>org.mapstruct:mapstruct-processor</include>
             </includes>
         </dependencySet>