diff --git a/ivy/CustomPomParser.scala b/ivy/CustomPomParser.scala
index 98e22b462..aced1d48a 100644
--- a/ivy/CustomPomParser.scala
+++ b/ivy/CustomPomParser.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ object CustomPomParser
 	val ExtraAttributesKey = "extraDependencyAttributes"
 
 		// packagings that should be jars, but that Ivy doesn't handle as jars
-	val JarPackagings = Set("eclipse-plugin", "hk2-jar")
+	val JarPackagings = Set("eclipse-plugin", "hk2-jar", "orbit")
 	val default = new CustomPomParser(PomModuleDescriptorParser.getInstance, defaultTransform)
 
 		// Unfortunately, ModuleDescriptorParserRegistry is add-only and is a singleton instance.
diff --git a/main/Defaults.scala b/main/Defaults.scala
index 6e4b477b2..9e81496f8 100755
--- a/main/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/Defaults.scala
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon
 		javaOptions :== Nil,
 		sbtPlugin :== false,
 		crossPaths :== true,
-		classpathTypes :== Set("jar", "bundle", "hk2-jar"),
+		classpathTypes :== Set("jar", "bundle", "hk2-jar", "orbit"),
 		aggregate :== true,
 		maxErrors :== 100,
 		showTiming :== true,