diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 15b8dad3e..bed43f59e 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@ object Classpaths {
     packagedArtifact in makePom := ((artifact in makePom).value -> makePom.value),
     deliver := deliverTask(makeIvyXmlConfiguration).value,
     deliverLocal := deliverTask(makeIvyXmlLocalConfiguration).value,
+    makeIvyXml := deliverTask(makeIvyXmlConfiguration).value,
     publish := publishTask(publishConfiguration, deliver).value,
     publishLocal := publishTask(publishLocalConfiguration, deliverLocal).value,
     publishM2 := publishTask(publishM2Configuration, deliverLocal).value
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
index 35a40e72a..07d6d4d92 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ object Keys {
   val makePom = taskKey[File]("Generates a pom for publishing when publishing Maven-style.").withRank(BPlusTask)
   val deliver = taskKey[File]("Generates the Ivy file for publishing to a repository.").withRank(BTask)
   val deliverLocal = taskKey[File]("Generates the Ivy file for publishing to the local repository.").withRank(BTask)
+  // makeIvyXml is currently identical to the confusingly-named "deliver", which may be deprecated in the future
+  val makeIvyXml = taskKey[File]("Generates the Ivy file for publishing to a repository.").withRank(BTask)
   val publish = taskKey[Unit]("Publishes artifacts to a repository.").withRank(APlusTask)
   val publishLocal = taskKey[Unit]("Publishes artifacts to the local Ivy repository.").withRank(APlusTask)
   val publishM2 = taskKey[Unit]("Publishes artifacts to the local Maven repository.").withRank(ATask)