diff --git a/integrations/spark/spark-interpreter/spark-interpreter-spark-v1/pom.xml b/integrations/spark/spark-interpreter/spark-interpreter-spark-v1/pom.xml
index 1aaf7f74b1..7f6e36010e 100644
--- a/integrations/spark/spark-interpreter/spark-interpreter-spark-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/integrations/spark/spark-interpreter/spark-interpreter-spark-v1/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,34 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- Compiles Scala code -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <checkMultipleScalaVersions>false</checkMultipleScalaVersions>
+          <scalaVersion>${scala.version}</scalaVersion>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>scala-compile-first</id>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-source</goal>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>scala-test-compile</id>
+            <phase>process-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testCompile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Builds jar with dependencies -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>