diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05e1f28..605b257 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ mainly to make it easier to upgrade code to Jackson, using automated conversions
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ mainly to make it easier to upgrade code to Jackson, using automated conversions
         <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
         <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/src/main/feature/feature.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a72f00b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<features xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.6.0" name="${project.artifactId}">
+    <repository>mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/${jackson.version.databind}/xml/features</repository>
+    <feature name="${project.artifactId}">
+        <feature>jackson-databind</feature>
+    </feature>
+</features>