diff --git a/bin/kafka-run-class.sh b/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
index 62360f30bb2..35cec312eda 100755
--- a/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
+++ b/bin/kafka-run-class.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ fi
 
 base_dir=$(dirname $0)/..
 
+snappy=~/.ivy2/cache/org.xerial.snappy/snappy-java/bundles/snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$snappy
 library=~/.ivy2/cache/org.scala-lang/scala-library/jars/scala-library-2.8.0.jar
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$library
 compiler=~/.ivy2/cache/org.scala-lang/scala-compiler/jars/scala-compiler-2.8.0.jar