diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 1a93fd9a3..d8dbad6ab 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ lazy val portal = (project in file("modules/portal")).enablePlugins(PlayScala, A
     // change the name of the output to portal.zip
     packageName in Universal := "portal"
   )
-  .dependsOn(dynamodb)
+  .dependsOn(dynamodb, mysql)
 
 lazy val docSettings = Seq(
   git.remoteRepo := "https://github.com/vinyldns/vinyldns",