diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d6389619..1e93726a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - IMPROVE: import system properties as ivy variables in standalone mode
 - IMPROVE: string identifying a module is now clearly different from a path
 - IMPROVE: better error message when publish fails due to readonly destination (IVY-83)
+- FIX: bad dependency ivy files now causes failure (IVY-112)
 - FIX: stack overflow error in contradictory conflict cases (IVY-117)
 - FIX: publish now doesn't call deliver when not necessary (IVY-119)
 - FIX: cachefileset was returning all artifacts for empty configuration (IVY-108)
diff --git a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/IvyNode.java b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/IvyNode.java
index afedaa10..66399ced 100644
--- a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/IvyNode.java
+++ b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/IvyNode.java
@@ -527,12 +527,12 @@ public class IvyNode {
             if (_md != null) {        
                 Configuration c = _md.getConfiguration(conf);
                 if (c == null) {
-                    Message.error("configuration not found in "+this+": "+conf+". It was required from "+getParent()+" "+getParentConf());
                     _confsToFetch.remove(conf);
+                    _problem = new RuntimeException("configuration not found in "+this+": "+conf+". It was required from "+getParent()+" "+getParentConf());
                     return false;
                 } else if (!isRoot() && c.getVisibility() != Configuration.Visibility.PUBLIC) {
-                    Message.error("configuration not public in "+this+": "+c+". It was required from "+getParent()+" "+getParentConf());
                     _confsToFetch.remove(conf);
+                    _problem = new RuntimeException("configuration not public in "+this+": "+c+". It was required from "+getParent()+" "+getParentConf());
                     return false;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/Main.java b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/Main.java
index c2d66abd..f8ca2305 100644
--- a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/Main.java
+++ b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/Main.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 
+import fr.jayasoft.ivy.report.ResolveReport;
 import fr.jayasoft.ivy.url.URLHandlerDispatcher;
 import fr.jayasoft.ivy.url.URLHandlerRegistry;
 import fr.jayasoft.ivy.util.DefaultMessageImpl;
@@ -232,13 +233,14 @@ public class Main {
 
             Date date = new Date();
             
-            ModuleDescriptor md = ivy.resolve(
+            ResolveReport report = ivy.resolve(
                     ivyfile.toURL(),
                     null,
                     confs, 
                     cache, 
                     date,
-                    validate).getModuleDescriptor();
+                    validate);
+            ModuleDescriptor md = report.getModuleDescriptor();
 
             if (confs.length == 1 && "*".equals(confs[0])) {
                 confs = md.getConfigurationsNames();
diff --git a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/xml/XmlModuleDescriptorParser.java b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/xml/XmlModuleDescriptorParser.java
index 9b61b6a9..f51d18b8 100644
--- a/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/xml/XmlModuleDescriptorParser.java
+++ b/src/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/xml/XmlModuleDescriptorParser.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import fr.jayasoft.ivy.util.XMLHelper;
  *
  */
 public class XmlModuleDescriptorParser extends DefaultHandler {
-    private static final Collection ALLOWED_VERSIONS = Arrays.asList(new String[] {"1.0", "1.1", "1.2"});
+    private static final Collection ALLOWED_VERSIONS = Arrays.asList(new String[] {"1.0", "1.1", "1.2", "1.3"});
     
     private DefaultModuleDescriptor _md;
     private DefaultDependencyDescriptor _dd;
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ public class XmlModuleDescriptorParser extends DefaultHandler {
     }
 
     public void error(SAXParseException ex) {
-        Message.error("xml parsing: " +
+        addError("xml parsing: " +
                 getLocationString(ex)+": "+
                 ex.getMessage());
     }
diff --git a/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java b/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java
index bde5c83b..826ad89d 100644
--- a/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java
+++ b/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/IvyResolveTest.java
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ public class IvyResolveTest extends TestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testFailureOnBadDependencyIvyFile() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            _resolve.setFile(new File("test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/ivy-failure2.xml"));
+            _resolve.execute();
+            fail("failure didn't raised an exception with default haltonfailure setting");
+        } catch (BuildException ex) {
+            // ok => should raised an exception
+        }
+    }
+
     public void testHaltOnFailure() throws Exception {
         try {
             _resolve.setFile(new File("test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/ivy-failure.xml"));
diff --git a/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/ivy-failure2.xml b/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/ivy-failure2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..104a35bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant/ivy-failure2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<ivy-module version="1.0"> 
+	<info organisation="jayasoft"
+	       module="resolve-failure2"
+	       revision="1.0"
+	       status="release"
+	/>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency org="orgfailure" name="modfailure" rev="1.0"/>
+	</dependencies>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/test/repositories/1/orgfailure/modfailure/ivys/ivy-1.0.xml b/test/repositories/1/orgfailure/modfailure/ivys/ivy-1.0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4faf47f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/repositories/1/orgfailure/modfailure/ivys/ivy-1.0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<ivy-module version="1.0"> 
+	<info organisation="orgfailure"
+	       module="modfailure"
+	       revision="1.0"
+	       status="release"
+	/>
+	<badtag/>
+</ivy-module>