diff --git a/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties b/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
index ef5493f67..d411aa2e5 100644
--- a/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
+++ b/gax/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.api/gax/native-image.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Args = --enable-url-protocols=https,http \
   org.junit.platform.engine.TestTag \
 --initialize-at-run-time=com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest$ApiClientVersion \
   --features=com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.OpenCensusFeature,\
-  com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.GoogleJsonClientFeature
+  com.google.api.gax.nativeimage.GoogleJsonClientFeature \
+  --add-modules=jdk.httpserver