diff --git a/fetch.xml b/fetch.xml
index 8442d2a14..89ca2cf4f 100644
--- a/fetch.xml
+++ b/fetch.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ Set -Ddest=LOCATION on the command line
     <echoproperties />
   </target>
 
+  <target name="ivy"
+    description="load Ivy dependency manager"
+    depends="init">
+    <f2 project="org.apache.ivy" archive="ivy" />
+  </target>
+
   <target name="logging"
     description="load logging libraries"
     depends="init">
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index f2805fd70..4b498a962 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ m2.repo=http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
 
 #versions of different libraries. Please keep in alphabetical order, except
 #when a specific dependency forces them to be out-of-order
+ivy.version=2.4.0
 antlr.version=2.7.7
 bcel.version=5.1
 bsf.version=2.4.0