diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspAATask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspAATask.kt
index 044e6a456f..3f5c867c1a 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspAATask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/google/devtools/ksp/gradle/KspAATask.kt
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ abstract class KspAATask @Inject constructor(
                     "${KspGradleSubplugin.KSP_GROUP_ID}:symbol-processing-aa-embeddable:$KSP_VERSION"
                 ),
                 project.dependencies.create("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$KSP_KOTLIN_BASE_VERSION"),
+                project.dependencies.create("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$KSP_KOTLIN_BASE_VERSION"),
                 project.dependencies.create(
                     "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm:$KSP_COROUTINES_VERSION"
                 ),