diff --git a/apps/emqx/rebar.config b/apps/emqx/rebar.config
index 119d521fc..7a43249a4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx/rebar.config
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 %% `git_subdir` dependency in other projects.
 {deps,
     [ {gproc, {git, "https://github.com/uwiger/gproc", {tag, "0.8.0"}}}
+    , {typerefl, {git, "https://github.com/k32/typerefl", {tag, "0.8.4"}}}
     , {jiffy, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/jiffy", {tag, "1.0.5"}}}
     , {cowboy, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/cowboy", {tag, "2.8.3"}}}
     , {esockd, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/esockd", {tag, "5.8.2"}}}
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 7e2eb7e54..1e31c68e4 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 {deps,
     [ {gpb, "4.11.2"} %% gpb only used to build, but not for release, pin it here to avoid fetching a wrong version due to rebar plugins scattered in all the deps
+    , {typerefl, {git, "https://github.com/k32/typerefl", {tag, "0.8.4"}}}
     , {ehttpc, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/ehttpc", {tag, "0.1.9"}}}
     , {gproc, {git, "https://github.com/uwiger/gproc", {tag, "0.8.0"}}}
     , {jiffy, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/jiffy", {tag, "1.0.5"}}}