diff --git a/src/main/scala-sbt-0.11/Graph.scala b/src/main/scala-sbt-0.11/Graph.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce4b8da7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala-sbt-0.11/Graph.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* sbt -- Simple Build Tool
+ * Copyright 2011 Mark Harrah, Eugene Yokota
+ *
+ * Copied from sbt 0.12 source code
+ */
+package sbt
+
+object Graph
+{
+	// [info] foo
+	// [info]   +-bar
+	// [info]   | +-baz
+	// [info]   |
+	// [info]   +-quux
+	def toAscii[A](top: A, children: A => Seq[A], display: A => String): String = {
+		val maxColumn = jline.Terminal.getTerminal.getTerminalWidth - 8
+		val twoSpaces = " " + " " // prevent accidentally being converted into a tab
+		def limitLine(s: String): String =
+			if (s.length > maxColumn) s.slice(0, maxColumn - 2) + ".."
+			else s
+		def insertBar(s: String, at: Int): String =
+			s.slice(0, at) +
+			(s(at).toString match {
+				case " " => "|"
+				case x => x
+			}) +
+			s.slice(at + 1, s.length)
+		def toAsciiLines(node: A, level: Int): Vector[String] = {
+			val line = limitLine((twoSpaces * level) + (if (level == 0) "" else "+-") + display(node))
+			val cs = Vector(children(node): _*)
+			val childLines = cs map {toAsciiLines(_, level + 1)}
+			val withBar = childLines.zipWithIndex flatMap {
+				case (lines, pos) if pos < (cs.size - 1) => lines map {insertBar(_, 2 * (level + 1))}
+				case (lines, pos) =>
+					if (lines.last.trim != "") lines ++ Vector(twoSpaces * (level + 1))
+					else lines
+			}
+			line +: withBar
+		}
+
+		toAsciiLines(top, 0).mkString("\n")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/IvyGraphMLDependencies.scala b/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/IvyGraphMLDependencies.scala
index def166018..95dc2b1f5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/IvyGraphMLDependencies.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/IvyGraphMLDependencies.scala
@@ -18,24 +18,54 @@ package net.virtualvoid.sbt.graph
 
 import xml.parsing.ConstructingParser
 import java.io.File
-import xml.{XML, Node}
+import collection.mutable.HashMap
+import collection.mutable.MultiMap
+import collection.mutable.{Set => MSet}
+import sbt.Graph
+import xml.{Document, XML, Node}
 
 object IvyGraphMLDependencies extends App {
-  case class Module(organisation: String, name: String) {
-    def id: String = organisation+"."+name
+  case class Module(organisation: String, name: String, version: String) {
+    def id: String = organisation+":"+name+":"+version
   }
-  def transform(ivyReportFile: String, outputFile: String) {
-    val doc = ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromFile(ivyReportFile), false).document
 
-    val edges =
-      for (mod <- doc \ "dependencies" \ "module";
-           depModule = nodeFromElement(mod);
-           caller <- mod \ "revision" \ "caller";
-           callerModule = nodeFromElement(caller))
-        yield (callerModule, depModule)
+  case class ModuleGraph(nodes: Seq[Module], edges: Seq[(Module, Module)])
+
+  def buildGraph(doc: Document): ModuleGraph = {
+    val edges = for {
+      mod <- doc \ "dependencies" \ "module"
+      caller <- mod \ "revision" \ "caller"
+      callerModule = nodeFromElement(caller, caller.attribute("callerrev").get.text)
+      depModule = nodeFromElement(mod, caller.attribute("rev").get.text)
+    } yield (callerModule, depModule)
 
     val nodes = edges.flatMap(e => Seq(e._1, e._2)).distinct
 
+    ModuleGraph(nodes, edges)
+  }
+
+
+  def ascii(ivyReportFile: String): String = {
+    val doc = buildDoc(ivyReportFile)
+    val graph = buildGraph(doc)
+    import graph._
+    val deps = {
+      val m = new HashMap[Module, MSet[Module]] with MultiMap[Module, Module]
+      edges.foreach { case (from, to) => m.addBinding(from, to) }
+      m.toMap.mapValues(_.toSeq.sortBy(_.id))
+    }
+    // there should only be one root node (the project itself)
+    val roots = nodes.filter(n => !edges.exists(_._2 == n)).sortBy(_.id)
+    roots.map(root =>
+      Graph.toAscii[Module](root, node => deps.getOrElse(node, Seq.empty[Module]), _.id)
+    ).mkString("\n")
+  }
+
+  def transform(ivyReportFile: String, outputFile: String) {
+    val doc = buildDoc(ivyReportFile)
+    val graph = buildGraph(doc)
+    import graph._
+
     val nodesXml =
       for (n <- nodes)
         yield
@@ -63,8 +93,10 @@ object IvyGraphMLDependencies extends App {
 
     XML.save(outputFile, xml)
   }
-  def nodeFromElement(element: Node): Module =
-    Module(element.attribute("organisation").get.text, element.attribute("name").get.text)
+  private def nodeFromElement(element: Node, version: String): Module =
+    Module(element.attribute("organisation").get.text, element.attribute("name").get.text, version)
+
+  private def buildDoc(ivyReportFile: String) = ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromFile(ivyReportFile), false).document
 
   def die(msg: String): Nothing = {
     println(msg)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/Plugin.scala b/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/Plugin.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3c213d15b..d11d59973
--- a/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/Plugin.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/virtualvoid/sbt/graph/Plugin.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import Keys._
 object Plugin extends sbt.Plugin {
   val dependencyGraphTask = TaskKey[File]("dependency-graph",
     "Creates a graphml file containing the dependency-graph for a project")
+  val asciiGraph = TaskKey[String]("ascii-graph",
+    "Returns a string containing the ascii representation of the dependency graph for a project")
+  val printAsciiGraph = TaskKey[Unit]("print-ascii-graph",
+    "Prints the ascii graph to the console")
   val ivyReportF = TaskKey[String => File]("ivy-report-function",
     "A function which returns the file containing the ivy report from the ivy cache for a given configuration")
   val ivyReport = InputKey[File]("ivy-report",
@@ -46,7 +50,21 @@ object Plugin extends sbt.Plugin {
       streams.log.info("Wrote dependency graph to '%s'" format resultFile)
       resultFile
     }
-  )
+  ) ++ Seq(Compile, Test, Runtime, Provided, Optional).flatMap(asciiGraphSettings)
+
+  def asciiGraphSettings(config: Configuration) =
+    seq(
+      asciiGraph in config <<= asciiGraphTask(config),
+      printAsciiGraph in config <<= printAsciiGraphTask(config)
+    )
+
+  def asciiGraphTask(conf: Configuration) = (ivyReportF in conf) map { (report) =>
+    IvyGraphMLDependencies.ascii(report(conf.name).getAbsolutePath)
+  } dependsOn(deliverLocal)
+
+  def printAsciiGraphTask(conf: Configuration) = (asciiGraph in conf, streams in conf) map { (graph, streams) =>
+   streams.log.info(graph)
+  }
 
   def crossName(ivyModule: IvySbt#Module) =
     ivyModule.moduleSettings match {