diff --git a/fetch.xml b/fetch.xml
index 572858ddf..044bb0881 100644
--- a/fetch.xml
+++ b/fetch.xml
@@ -242,8 +242,13 @@ Set -Ddest=LOCATION on the command line
     <f2 project="javax.mail" archive="mail"/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="jspc" depends="init" description="loads Jasper">
+    <f2 project="tomcat" archive="jasper-compiler"/>
+    <f2 project="tomcat" archive="jasper-runtime"/>
+  </target>
+
   <target name="all"
     description="load all the libraries (except jython)"
-    depends="logging,junit,xml,networking,regexp,antlr,bcel,jdepend,bsf,debugging,script,javamail" />
+    depends="logging,junit,xml,networking,regexp,antlr,bcel,jdepend,bsf,debugging,script,javamail,jspc" />
 
 </project>
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index 4a60998a9..03e07526b 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ bsh-core.version=${bsh.version}
 commons-net.version=1.4.0
 commons-logging.version=1.0.4
 commons-logging-api.version=${commons-logging.version}
+jasper-compiler.version=4.1.36
+jasper-runtime.version=${jasper-compiler.version}
 jdepend.version=2.7
 jruby.version=0.8.3
 junit.version=3.8.2