diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
index 55858a04b0e..68ef0492b8b 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ val project = Project(
     javacOptions in doc in Compile := Seq("-source", "1.6"), // javadoc does not support -target and -Xlint flags
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % akkaVersion,
+      "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-remote" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-cluster" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-contrib" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-multi-node-testkit" % akkaVersion,
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
index 726c7871e5f..7911dffb07b 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ val project = Project(
     javacOptions in Compile ++= Seq("-source", "1.6", "-target", "1.6", "-Xlint:unchecked", "-Xlint:deprecation"),
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % akkaVersion,
+      "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-remote" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-cluster" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-contrib" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-multi-node-testkit" % akkaVersion,
diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-multi-node-scala/build.sbt b/akka-samples/akka-sample-multi-node-scala/build.sbt
index bf9ec0dd977..929411c3d1c 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-multi-node-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-multi-node-scala/build.sbt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ val project = Project(
     version := "2.4-SNAPSHOT",
     scalaVersion := "2.10.4",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-remote" % akkaVersion,
       "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-multi-node-testkit" % akkaVersion,
       "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.1" % "test"),