diff --git a/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/pom.xml b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/pom.xml
index 6720e399b9..caf0978b48 100644
--- a/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/pom.xml
+++ b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>batik</groupId>
+      <artifactId>batik-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afafe3599a..e6631a81c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -755,6 +755,11 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>batik</groupId>
+        <artifactId>batik-codec</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>batik</groupId>
         <artifactId>batik-xml</artifactId>