diff --git a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
index 66a87d1b3..6d4ccacb9 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ object Artifact
 	def cross(enable: Boolean, scalaVersion: String): String = if(enable) "_" + scalaVersion else ""
 
 	val classifierTypeMap = Map("sources" -> "src", "javadoc" -> "doc")
-	def classified(name: String, classifier: String): Artifact = Artifact(name, classifierTypeMap.getOrElse(classifier, defaultType), defaultExtension, classifier)
+	def classifierType(classifier: String): String = classifierTypeMap.getOrElse(classifier, defaultType)
+	def classified(name: String, classifier: String): Artifact = Artifact(name, classifierType(classifier), defaultExtension, classifier)
 }
 final case class ModuleConfiguration(organization: String, name: String, revision: String, resolver: Resolver)
 object ModuleConfiguration
diff --git a/main/Defaults.scala b/main/Defaults.scala
index e1b1ccff0..f9fce0ccd 100644
--- a/main/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/Defaults.scala
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon
 			artifact <<= (artifact, artifactClassifier, configuration) { (a,classifier,c) =>
 				val cPart = if(c == Compile) Nil else c.name :: Nil
 				val combined = cPart ++ classifier.toList
-				a.copy(classifier = if(combined.isEmpty) None else Some(combined mkString "-"))
+				if(combined.isEmpty) a.copy(classifier = None) else {
+					val classifier = combined mkString "-"
+					a.copy(classifier = Some(classifier), `type` = Artifact.classifierType(classifier))
+				}
 			},
 			cacheDirectory <<= cacheDirectory / key.key.label,
 			artifactPath <<= artifactPathSetting(artifact)