diff --git a/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-defaults.properties b/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-defaults.properties
index 6fd2359..fa6093d 100644
--- a/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-defaults.properties
+++ b/sigil/bldcommon/sigil-defaults.properties
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 felix;url:              http://felix.apache.org/obr/releases.xml 
 felix;index:            ${..}/build/felix.obr
 felix;cache:            ${..}/build/obr-cache
+felix;offline		${offline:-false}
 
 spring;provider:        obr
 spring;url:             http://sigil.codecauldron.org/spring-external.obr
 spring;index:           ${..}/build/spring-external.obr
 spring;cache:           ${..}/build/obr-cache
+spring;offline		${offline:-false}
 
 # Default version of all Sigil projects
 version: 0.9.0.${buildQualifier:-SNAPSHOT}