diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/Ivy.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/Ivy.scala
index c39c30565..21c6cf6e2 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/Ivy.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/Ivy.scala
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ private[sbt] object IvySbt {
   def toID(m: ModuleID) =
     {
       import m._
-      ModuleRevisionId.newInstance(organization, name, revision, javaMap(extraAttributes))
+      ModuleRevisionId.newInstance(organization, name, branchName.orNull, revision, javaMap(extraAttributes))
     }
 
   private def substituteCross(m: ModuleSettings): ModuleSettings =
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ private[sbt] object IvySbt {
     }
   private[this] def defaultInfo(module: ModuleID): scala.xml.Elem = {
     import module._
-    <info organisation={ organization } module={ name } revision={ revision }/>
+    val base = <info organisation={ organization } module={ name } revision={ revision }/>
+    branchName.fold(base) { br => base % new scala.xml.UnprefixedAttribute("branch", br, scala.xml.Null) }
   }
   private[this] def addExtraAttributes(elem: scala.xml.Elem, extra: Map[String, String]): scala.xml.Elem =
     (elem /: extra) { case (e, (key, value)) => e % new scala.xml.UnprefixedAttribute(key, value, scala.xml.Null) }
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
index 8d646ee65..64249a6c6 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ object IvyActions {
     {
       val mextra = IvySbt.javaMap(mid.extraAttributes, true)
       val aextra = IvySbt.extra(art, true)
-      IvyPatternHelper.substitute(pattern, mid.organization, mid.name, mid.revision, art.name, art.`type`, art.extension, conf, mextra, aextra)
+      IvyPatternHelper.substitute(pattern, mid.organization, mid.name, mid.branchName.orNull, mid.revision, art.name, art.`type`, art.extension, conf, null, mextra, aextra)
     }
 
   import UpdateLogging.{ Quiet, Full, DownloadOnly, Default }
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ModuleID.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ModuleID.scala
index 46b63ce39..1da5a1e0a 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ModuleID.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ModuleID.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.net.URL
 import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.mavenint.SbtPomExtraProperties
 import sbt.serialization._
 
-final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String, configurations: Option[String] = None, isChanging: Boolean = false, isTransitive: Boolean = true, isForce: Boolean = false, explicitArtifacts: Seq[Artifact] = Nil, exclusions: Seq[ExclusionRule] = Nil, extraAttributes: Map[String, String] = Map.empty, crossVersion: CrossVersion = CrossVersion.Disabled) {
+final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String, configurations: Option[String] = None, isChanging: Boolean = false, isTransitive: Boolean = true, isForce: Boolean = false, explicitArtifacts: Seq[Artifact] = Nil, exclusions: Seq[ExclusionRule] = Nil, extraAttributes: Map[String, String] = Map.empty, crossVersion: CrossVersion = CrossVersion.Disabled, branchName: Option[String] = None) {
   override def toString: String =
     organization + ":" + name + ":" + revision +
       (configurations match { case Some(s) => ":" + s; case None => "" }) +
@@ -118,7 +118,15 @@ final case class ModuleID(organization: String, name: String, revision: String,
    * as when adding a dependency on an artifact with a classifier.
    */
   def jar() = artifacts(Artifact(name))
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the Ivy branch of this module.
+   */
+  def branch(branchName: String) = copy(branchName = Some(branchName))
+
+  def branch(branchName: Option[String]) = copy(branchName = branchName)
 }
+
 object ModuleID {
   implicit val pickler: Pickler[ModuleID] with Unpickler[ModuleID] = PicklerUnpickler.generate[ModuleID]