diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1761326d..4a55320f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ for detailed view of each issue, please consult http://issues.apache.org/jira/br
 - IMPROVEMENT: Code / XML Polished (IVY-554) (with contribution from Tjeerd Verhagen)
 - IMPROVEMENT: Javadoc improvements (IVY-544) (with contribution from Tjeerd Verhagen)
 - IMPROVEMENT: Unit test improvements (IVY-545) (thanks to Tjeerd Verhagen)
+- IMPROVEMENT: Dependent jars missing in ivy binaries (IVY-481)
 
 - FIX: Ant target "clean" on Ivy multi-project tutorial points to wrong cache directory. (IVY-548)
 - FIX: Variables not replaced during deliver (IVY-520) (thanks to John Williams)
diff --git a/LICENSE.jsch b/LICENSE.jsch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d18e2228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.jsch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+License for JCraft JSch package
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright (c) 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Atsuhiko Yamanaka, JCraft,Inc. 
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 
+     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 
+     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+  3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote products
+     derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JCRAFT,
+INC. OR ANY CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA,
+OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
+EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index ad9f700d..3346da8d 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-   =========================================================================
-   ==  NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of                    ==
-   ==  the Apache License, Version 2.0,                                   ==
-   ==  in this case for the Apache Ivy distribution.                      ==
-   =========================================================================
+=========================================================================
+==  NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of                    ==
+==  the Apache License, Version 2.0,                                   ==
+==  in this case for the Apache Ivy distribution.                      ==
+=========================================================================
 
-   This product includes software developed by
-   The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
+This product includes software developed by
+The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
    
-   Portions of Ivy were originally developed by
-   Jayasoft SARL and are
-   licensed to the Apache Software Foundation under the
-   "Software Grant License Agreement"
+Portions of Ivy were originally developed by
+Jayasoft SARL (http://www.jayasoft.fr/)
+and are licensed to the Apache Software Foundation under the
+"Software Grant License Agreement"
    
+SSH and SFTP support is provided by the JCraft JSch package, 
+which is open source software, available under
+the terms of a BSD style license.  
+The original software and related information is available
+at http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-for-bin-distrib.xml b/build-for-bin-distrib.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efac7b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-for-bin-distrib.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   distributed with this work for additional information
+   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+   "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+   with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+   software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+   "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+   specific language governing permissions and limitations
+   under the License.    
+-->
+<project name="retrieve-ivy-deps" default="retrieve-all" 
+		xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+
+	<target name="init-ivy">
+		<taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
+				uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement location="ivy.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+		</taskdef>
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="report">
+		<ivy:report graph="false" todir="report" />
+		<echo>
+=======================================================================
+Dependencies retrieved in lib directory
+Dependency report generated in report directory
+=======================================================================
+		</echo>
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="retrieve-conf" depends="init-ivy"
+			description="--> Retrieves a set of configuration (get only dependencies needed).">
+		<ivy:info file="ivy.xml" />
+		<echo>
+=======================================================================
+Please enter configuration (or comma separated list of configurations).
+Available configurations are: ${ivy.configurations}</echo>
+		<input message="Configuration(s):" addproperty="ivy.confs"/>
+		<ivy:retrieve conf="${ivy.confs}"/>
+		<antcall target="report" inheritRefs="true" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="retrieve-all" depends="init-ivy"
+			description="--> Retrieves all Ivy dependencies into the lib directory">
+		<ivy:retrieve />
+		<antcall target="report" inheritRefs="true" />
+	</target>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-release.xml b/build-release.xml
index dae8432a..b185ef95 100644
--- a/build-release.xml
+++ b/build-release.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    under the License.    
 -->
 <project name="IvyRelease" default="snapshot" 
-		xmlns:ivy="antlib:fr.jayasoft.ivy.ant"
+		xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant"
 		xmlns:xooki="antlib:xooki">
 	<import file="build.xml"/>
 	
@@ -48,8 +48,17 @@
 	<target name="init-snapshot" depends="default-version">
 		<property name="snapshot.full.name" value="apache-ivy-${build.version}" />
 	</target>
+
+	<target name="snapshot-metadata" depends="init-snapshot, resolve">
+		<mkdir dir="${distrib.dir}"/>
+		<ivy:deliver 
+			deliverpattern="${distrib.dir}/ivy.xml" 
+			pubrevision="${build.version}" 
+			pubdate="${pubdate}"
+		    status="${status}"/>
+	</target>
 	
-	<target name="snapshot-src" depends="init-snapshot,all-doc">
+	<target name="snapshot-src" depends="snapshot-metadata,all-doc">
 		<mkdir dir="${distrib.dir}"/>
 		<zip destfile="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-src.zip">
 			<zipfileset dir="${doc.build.dir}" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/doc" excludes="**/reports/coverage/**,**/reports/test/**"/>
@@ -64,12 +73,11 @@
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="MANIFEST.MF" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/MANIFEST.MF"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="DISCLAIMER" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/DISCLAIMER"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="NOTICE" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/NOTICE"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/LICENSE"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE*" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="CHANGES.txt" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/CHANGES.txt"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="RELEASE_NOTES" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/RELEASE_NOTES"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="ivysettings.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivysettings.xml"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="build.properties" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/build.properties"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${distrib.dir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
 
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="build.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/build.xml"/>
 		</zip>
@@ -78,24 +86,19 @@
 			<zipfileset src="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-src.zip"/>
 		</tar>
 	</target>
-
-	<target name="snapshot-bin" depends="init-snapshot, jar, all-doc">
-		<mkdir dir="${distrib.dir}"/>
-		<ivy:deliver 
-			deliverpattern="${distrib.dir}/ivy.xml" 
-			pubrevision="${build.version}" 
-			pubdate="${pubdate}"
-		    status="${status}"/>
+	
+	<target name="snapshot-bin-without-dependencies" depends="snapshot-metadata, jar, all-doc">
 		<zip destfile="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin.zip">
 			<zipfileset dir="${doc.build.dir}" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/doc" excludes="**/reports/coverage/**,**/reports/test/**"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}/src/example" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/src/example"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="DISCLAIMER" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/DISCLAIMER"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="NOTICE" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/NOTICE"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/LICENSE"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE*" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="CHANGES.txt" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/CHANGES.txt"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="RELEASE_NOTES" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/RELEASE_NOTES"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${src.dir}/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/xml" includes="ivy.xsd" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xsd"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${distrib.dir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="build-for-bin-distrib.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/build.xml"/>
 
 			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}" includes="${final.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-${build.version}.jar"/>
 			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}" includes="${final.core.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-core-${build.version}.jar"/>
@@ -104,11 +107,47 @@
 			compression="gzip" longfile="gnu">
 			<zipfileset src="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin.zip"/>
 		</tar>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="snapshot-bin-with-dependencies" depends="snapshot-metadata, jar, all-doc">
+		<delete dir="${build.dir}/lib" />
+		<ivy:retrieve conf="default" pattern="${build.dir}/lib/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
+		<zip destfile="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin-with-deps.zip">
+			<zipfileset dir="${doc.build.dir}" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/doc" excludes="**/reports/coverage/**,**/reports/test/**"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}/src/example" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/src/example"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="DISCLAIMER" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/DISCLAIMER"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="NOTICE" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/NOTICE"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE*" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="CHANGES.txt" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/CHANGES.txt"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="RELEASE_NOTES" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/RELEASE_NOTES"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${src.dir}/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/xml" includes="ivy.xsd" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xsd"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${distrib.dir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
+	
+			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}" includes="${final.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-${build.version}.jar"/>
+			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}" includes="${final.core.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-core-${build.version}.jar"/>
+
+			<zipfileset dir="${build.dir}/lib" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/lib"/>
+		</zip>
+		<tar destfile="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin-with-deps.tar.gz" 
+			compression="gzip" longfile="gnu">
+			<zipfileset src="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin-with-deps.zip"/>
+		</tar>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="snapshot-bin" 
+			depends="snapshot-bin-with-dependencies, snapshot-bin-without-dependencies" />
+	
+	<target name="snapshot-jars" depends="init-snapshot, jar">
+		<mkdir dir="${distrib.dir}"/>
 		<copy file="${artifacts.build.dir}/${final.name}" todir="${distrib.dir}" />
 		<copy file="${artifacts.build.dir}/${final.core.name}" todir="${distrib.dir}" />
-		<copy file="${src.dir}/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/xml/ivy.xsd" todir="${distrib.dir}" />
 	</target>
 	
+	<target name="snapshot-xsd" depends="init-snapshot">
+		<mkdir dir="${distrib.dir}"/>
+		<copy file="${src.dir}/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/xml/ivy.xsd" todir="${distrib.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="snapshot-checksums">
 		<checksum algorithm="md5">
 			<fileset dir="${distrib.dir}">
@@ -133,7 +172,10 @@
 		<input message="please enter status: (integration,milestone,release)" addproperty="status"/>
 	</target>
 	
-	<target name="snapshot" depends="localivy, clean-ivy-home, init-ivy, clean-all, snapshot-version, coverage-report, snapshot-src, snapshot-bin, snapshot-checksums" 
+	<target name="prepare-snapshot" 
+	        depends="localivy, clean-ivy-home, clean, clean-lib, snapshot-version, install, clean-examples, coverage-report" />
+	<target name="snapshot" 
+			depends="prepare-snapshot, snapshot-src, snapshot-bin, snapshot-jars, snapshot-xsd, snapshot-checksums" 
 			description="used for nightly and integration builds"/>
 	<target name="release" depends="release-version, snapshot" description="make a new release of Ivy"/>
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 75a816b9..e41d0a7c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 		<condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
 			<isset property="env.IVY_HOME" />
 		</condition>
-		<property name="ivy.home" value="${user.home}/.ivy" />
+		<property name="ivy.home" value="${user.home}/.ivy2" />
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="init-ivy-local-home" if="ivy.use.local.home">
-		<property name="ivy.home" value="${basedir}/.ivy" />
+		<property name="ivy.home" value="${basedir}/.ivy2" />
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="init-ivy-home" depends="init-ivy-user-home, init-ivy-local-home" />
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="install" depends="jar" description="build Ivy and install it in Ivy home for consecutive builds">
+		<property name="ivy.jar.file" value="${ivy.home}/jars/ivy.jar" />
 		<copy file="${artifacts.build.dir}/${final.name}" tofile="${ivy.jar.file}" />
 	</target>
 
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ ${final.core.name}    The Ivy core, eg everything but classes dependent on Ant.$
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="javadoc" unless="skip.javadoc">
-		<javadoc destdir="${javadoc.build.dir}">
+		<javadoc destdir="${javadoc.build.dir}" useexternalfile="true">
 			<fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.java,**/package.html" />
 		</javadoc>
 	</target>
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index c5e9ddc3..a2463cf4 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<dependency org="oro" name="oro" rev="2.0.8" conf="default,oro->default"/>
 		<dependency org="commons-vfs" name="commons-vfs" rev="1.0" conf="default,vfs->default" />
 		<dependency org="jsch" name="jsch" rev="0.1.25" conf="default,sftp->default" />
-		<!-- Test depdendencies -->
+		<!-- Test dependencies -->
 	    <dependency org="ant" name="ant-launcher" rev="1.6.5" conf="test->default"/>
 		<dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="3.8.2" conf="test->default" />
 		<dependency org="commons-lang" name="commons-lang" rev="[1.0,3.0[" conf="test->default" />