diff --git a/lib/felix.unit.test.properties b/lib/felix.unit.test.properties
index 12134b342..9f1207b77 100644
--- a/lib/felix.unit.test.properties
+++ b/lib/felix.unit.test.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ org.osgi.framework.system.packages= org.osgi.framework; \
  javax.swing.table; \
  org.w3c.dom; \
  org.xml.sax; \
+ org.xml.sax.helpers; \
  sun.misc; \
  sun.security.action; \
  javax.xml.parsers;\