diff --git a/rls/build.gradle b/rls/build.gradle
index 1faa66b0f7..5cea5e2126 100644
--- a/rls/build.gradle
+++ b/rls/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':grpc-core'),
             project(':grpc-protobuf'),
             project(':grpc-stub')
+    guavaDependency 'implementation'
     compileOnly libraries.javax_annotation
     testImplementation libraries.truth,
             project(':grpc-testing'),