diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index c1ae2b92c6..bd7bf09a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    (CASSANDRA-5300)
  * Fix PropertyFileSnitch default DC/Rack behavior (CASSANDRA-5285)
  * Handle null values when executing prepared statement (CASSANDRA-5081)
+ * Add netty to pom dependencies (CASSANDRA-5181)
 Merged from 1.1:
  * nodetool: ability to repair specific range (CASSANDRA-5280)
  * Fix possible assertion triggered in SliceFromReadCommand (CASSANDRA-5284)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 1fd2bf92b4..1ab9c94b49 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@
           <dependency groupId="com.yammer.metrics" artifactId="metrics-core" version="2.0.3" />
           <dependency groupId="edu.stanford.ppl" artifactId="snaptree" version="0.1" />
           <dependency groupId="org.mindrot" artifactId="jbcrypt" version="0.3m" />
+          <dependency groupId="io.netty" artifactId="netty" version="3.5.9.Final" />
         </dependencyManagement>
         <developer id="alakshman" name="Avinash Lakshman"/>
         <developer id="antelder" name="Anthony Elder"/>