diff --git a/arquillian/appclient/src/main/java/tck/arquillian/protocol/appclient/AppClientDeploymentPackager.java b/arquillian/appclient/src/main/java/tck/arquillian/protocol/appclient/AppClientDeploymentPackager.java
index f255e9370..f2a1994bc 100644
--- a/arquillian/appclient/src/main/java/tck/arquillian/protocol/appclient/AppClientDeploymentPackager.java
+++ b/arquillian/appclient/src/main/java/tck/arquillian/protocol/appclient/AppClientDeploymentPackager.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public Archive<?> generateDeployment(TestDeployment testDeployment, Collection<P
             throw new RuntimeException("Failed to resolve protocol.jar. You either need a jakarta.tck.arquillian:arquillian-protocol-lib"+
                     " dependency in the runner pom.xml or a downloaded target/protocol/protocol.jar file");
         }
+        ear.addAsLibrary(protocolJar);
 
         String mainClass = extractAppMainClient(ear);
         log.info("mainClass: " + mainClass);