diff --git a/sigil/common/core/build.xml b/sigil/common/core/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9c83a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigil/common/core/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<project name="common.core" default="build">
+      <import file="../build.xml"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/sigil/common/core/ivy.xml b/sigil/common/core/ivy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cad7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigil/common/core/ivy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<ivy-module version="1.0">
+  <info 
+        organisation="org.apache"
+        module="felix.sigil.common.core"
+        status="integration"/>
+   <publications>
+     <artifact name="org.apache.felix.sigil.common.core" />
+   </publications>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/sigil/common/core/sigil.properties b/sigil/common/core/sigil.properties
index 642fef0..085594f 100644
--- a/sigil/common/core/sigil.properties
+++ b/sigil/common/core/sigil.properties
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@
 	org.eclipse.core.runtime;version=3.4.0, \
 	org.osgi.framework;version=1.4.0, \
 
+-libs: \
+	lib/bndlib.jar;kind=classpath, \
+
 # end