diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 1a6b47074..6320b7470 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -28,7 +28,24 @@ def commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
   incOptions := incOptions.value.withNameHashing(true),
   crossScalaVersions := Seq(scala210),
   bintrayPackage := (bintrayPackage in ThisBuild).value,
-  bintrayRepository := (bintrayRepository in ThisBuild).value
+  bintrayRepository := (bintrayRepository in ThisBuild).value,
+  test in assembly := {},
+  assemblyOption in assembly := (assemblyOption in assembly).value.copy(includeScala = true),
+  assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly := {
+    case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last == "javax.inject.Named"      => MergeStrategy.first
+    case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last endsWith ".class"            => MergeStrategy.first
+    case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last endsWith "module.properties" => MergeStrategy.first
+    case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last == "MANIFEST.MF"             => MergeStrategy.rename
+    case "LICENSE"                                                 => MergeStrategy.first
+    case "NOTICE"                                                  => MergeStrategy.first
+    // excluded from fat jar because otherwise we may pick it up when determining the `actualVersion`
+    // of other scala instances.
+    case "compiler.properties"                                     => MergeStrategy.discard
+
+    case x =>
+      val oldStrategy = (assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly).value
+      oldStrategy(x)
+  }
 )
 
 def minimalSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] =
@@ -373,11 +390,24 @@ lazy val compilerIntegrationProj = (project in (compilePath / "integration")).
     name := "Compiler Integration"
   )
 
+lazy val packageBridgeSource = settingKey[Boolean]("Whether to package the compiler bridge sources in compiler ivy project's resources.")
 lazy val compilerIvyProj = (project in compilePath / "ivy").
   dependsOn (ivyProj, compilerProj).
   settings(
     baseSettings,
-    name := "Compiler Ivy Integration"
+    name := "Compiler Ivy Integration",
+    packageBridgeSource := false,
+    resourceGenerators in Compile <+= Def.task {
+      if (packageBridgeSource.value) {
+        val compilerBridgeSrc = (Keys.packageSrc in (compileInterfaceProj, Compile)).value
+        val xsbtiJAR = (Keys.packageBin in (interfaceProj, Compile)).value
+        // They are immediately used by the static launcher.
+        val included = Set("scala-compiler.jar", "scala-library.jar", "scala-reflect.jar")
+        val scalaJars = (externalDependencyClasspath in Compile).value.map(_.data).filter(j => included contains j.getName)
+        Seq(compilerBridgeSrc, xsbtiJAR) ++ scalaJars
+      }
+      else Nil
+    }
   )
 
 lazy val scriptedBaseProj = (project in scriptedPath / "base").
@@ -646,5 +676,16 @@ def customCommands: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
       "publish" ::
       "bintrayRelease" ::
       state
+  },
+  // Produces a fat runnable JAR that contains everything needed to use sbt.
+  commands += Command.command("install") { state =>
+    val packageBridgeSourceKey = packageBridgeSource.key.label
+    val compilerIvy = compilerIvyProj.id
+    val sbt = sbtProj.id
+    s"$compilerIvy/clean" ::
+      s"set $packageBridgeSourceKey in $compilerIvy := true" ::
+      s"$sbt/assembly" ::
+      s"set $packageBridgeSourceKey in $compilerIvy := false" ::
+      state
   }
 )
diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/FakeResolver.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/FakeResolver.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..197922940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/FakeResolver.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package sbt
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.URL
+
+import org.apache.ivy.core.cache.ArtifactOrigin
+import org.apache.ivy.core.cache.{ DefaultRepositoryCacheManager, RepositoryCacheManager }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor.{ Artifact => IvyArtifact, DefaultArtifact, DefaultDependencyArtifactDescriptor, DefaultModuleDescriptor, DependencyArtifactDescriptor, DependencyDescriptor }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.ModuleRevisionId
+import org.apache.ivy.core.report.ArtifactDownloadReport
+import org.apache.ivy.core.report.{ DownloadReport, DownloadStatus }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.report.MetadataArtifactDownloadReport
+import org.apache.ivy.core.resolve.{ DownloadOptions, ResolveData, ResolvedModuleRevision }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.search.{ ModuleEntry, OrganisationEntry, RevisionEntry }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.settings.IvySettings
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.namespace.Namespace
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.repository.url.URLResource
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.{ DependencyResolver, ResolverSettings }
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.util.ResolvedResource
+
+import FakeResolver._
+
+/**
+ * A fake `DependencyResolver` that statically serves predefined artifacts.
+ */
+private[sbt] class FakeResolver(private var name: String, cacheDir: File, modules: ModulesMap) extends DependencyResolver {
+
+  private object Artifact {
+    def unapply(art: IvyArtifact): Some[(String, String, String)] = {
+      val revisionID = art.getModuleRevisionId()
+      val organisation = revisionID.getOrganisation
+      val name = revisionID.getName
+      val revision = revisionID.getRevision
+      Some((organisation, name, revision))
+    }
+
+    def unapply(dd: DependencyDescriptor): Some[(String, String, String)] = {
+      val module = dd.getDependencyId()
+      val organisation = module.getOrganisation
+      val name = module.getName
+      val mrid = dd.getDependencyRevisionId()
+      val revision = mrid.getRevision()
+      Some((organisation, name, revision))
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def publish(artifact: IvyArtifact, src: File, overwrite: Boolean): Unit =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This resolver doesn't support publishing.")
+
+  override def abortPublishTransaction(): Unit =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This resolver doesn't support publishing.")
+
+  override def beginPublishTransaction(module: ModuleRevisionId, overwrite: Boolean): Unit =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This resolver doesn't support publishing.")
+
+  override def commitPublishTransaction(): Unit =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This resolver doesn't support publishing.")
+
+  override def download(artifact: ArtifactOrigin, options: DownloadOptions): ArtifactDownloadReport = {
+
+    val report = new ArtifactDownloadReport(artifact.getArtifact)
+    val path = new URL(artifact.getLocation).toURI.getPath
+    val localFile = new File(path)
+
+    if (path.nonEmpty && localFile.exists) {
+      report.setLocalFile(localFile)
+      report.setDownloadStatus(DownloadStatus.SUCCESSFUL)
+      report.setSize(localFile.length)
+    } else {
+      report.setDownloadStatus(DownloadStatus.FAILED)
+    }
+
+    report
+  }
+
+  override def download(artifacts: Array[IvyArtifact], options: DownloadOptions): DownloadReport = {
+    val report = new DownloadReport
+
+    artifacts foreach { art =>
+      val artifactOrigin = locate(art)
+      Option(locate(art)) foreach (o => report.addArtifactReport(download(o, options)))
+    }
+
+    report
+  }
+
+  override def dumpSettings(): Unit = ()
+
+  override def exists(artifact: IvyArtifact): Boolean = {
+    val Artifact(organisation, name, revision) = artifact
+    modules.get((organisation, name, revision)).isDefined
+  }
+
+  // This is a fake resolver and we don't have Ivy files. Ivy's spec says we can return `null` if
+  // we can't find the module descriptor.
+  override def findIvyFileRef(dd: DependencyDescriptor, data: ResolveData): ResolvedResource = null
+
+  override def getDependency(dd: DependencyDescriptor, data: ResolveData): ResolvedModuleRevision = {
+
+    val Artifact(organisation, name, revision) = dd
+    val mrid = dd.getDependencyRevisionId()
+
+    val artifact = modules get ((organisation, name, revision)) map { arts =>
+
+      val artifacts: Array[DependencyArtifactDescriptor] = arts.toArray map (_ artifactOf dd)
+      val moduleDescriptor = DefaultModuleDescriptor.newDefaultInstance(mrid, artifacts)
+      val defaultArtifact = arts.headOption match {
+        case Some(FakeArtifact(name, tpe, ext, _)) => new DefaultArtifact(mrid, new java.util.Date, name, tpe, ext)
+        case None                                  => null
+      }
+      val metadataReport = new MetadataArtifactDownloadReport(defaultArtifact)
+      metadataReport.setDownloadStatus(DownloadStatus.SUCCESSFUL)
+
+      new ResolvedModuleRevision(this, this, moduleDescriptor, metadataReport)
+    }
+
+    artifact.orNull
+
+  }
+
+  override def getName(): String = name
+
+  override val getNamespace: Namespace = {
+    val ns = new Namespace()
+    ns.setName(name)
+    ns
+  }
+
+  override val getRepositoryCacheManager: RepositoryCacheManager = {
+    val cacheName = name + "-cache"
+    val ivySettings = new IvySettings()
+    val baseDir = cacheDir
+    new DefaultRepositoryCacheManager(cacheName, ivySettings, baseDir)
+  }
+
+  override def listModules(organisation: OrganisationEntry): Array[ModuleEntry] =
+    modules.keys.collect {
+      case (o, m, _) if o == organisation.getOrganisation =>
+        val organisationEntry = new OrganisationEntry(this, o)
+        new ModuleEntry(organisationEntry, m)
+    }.toArray
+
+  override def listOrganisations(): Array[OrganisationEntry] =
+    modules.keys.map { case (o, _, _) => new OrganisationEntry(this, o) }.toArray
+
+  override def listRevisions(module: ModuleEntry): Array[RevisionEntry] =
+    modules.keys.collect {
+      case (o, m, v) if o == module.getOrganisation && m == module.getModule =>
+        new RevisionEntry(module, v)
+    }.toArray
+
+  override def listTokenValues(tokens: Array[String], criteria: java.util.Map[_, _]): Array[java.util.Map[_, _]] =
+    Array.empty
+
+  override def listTokenValues(token: String, otherTokenValues: java.util.Map[_, _]): Array[String] =
+    Array.empty
+
+  override def locate(art: IvyArtifact): ArtifactOrigin = {
+    val Artifact(moduleOrganisation, moduleName, moduleRevision) = art
+    val artifact =
+      for {
+        artifacts <- modules get ((moduleOrganisation, moduleName, moduleRevision))
+        artifact <- artifacts find (a => a.name == art.getName && a.tpe == art.getType && a.ext == art.getExt)
+      } yield new ArtifactOrigin(art, /* isLocal = */ true, artifact.file.toURI.toURL.toString)
+
+    artifact.orNull
+
+  }
+
+  override def reportFailure(art: IvyArtifact): Unit = ()
+  override def reportFailure(): Unit = ()
+
+  override def setName(name: String): Unit = {
+    this.name = name
+    getNamespace.setName(name)
+  }
+
+  override def setSettings(settings: ResolverSettings): Unit = ()
+
+  private class LocalURLResource(jar: File) extends URLResource(jar.toURI.toURL) {
+    override def isLocal(): Boolean = true
+  }
+
+}
+
+private[sbt] object FakeResolver {
+
+  type ModulesMap = Map[(String, String, String), Seq[FakeArtifact]]
+
+  final case class FakeArtifact(name: String, tpe: String, ext: String, file: File) {
+    def artifactOf(dd: DependencyDescriptor): DependencyArtifactDescriptor =
+      new DefaultDependencyArtifactDescriptor(dd, name, tpe, ext, file.toURI.toURL, new java.util.HashMap)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
index c0ac1ce31..cce2da583 100644
--- a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ final case class SftpRepository(name: String, connection: SshConnection, pattern
   protected def copy(patterns: Patterns): SftpRepository = SftpRepository(name, connection, patterns)
   protected def copy(connection: SshConnection): SftpRepository = SftpRepository(name, connection, patterns)
 }
+/** A repository that conforms to sbt launcher's interface */
+private[sbt] class FakeRepository(resolver: DependencyResolver) extends xsbti.Repository {
+  def rawRepository = new RawRepository(resolver)
+}
+
 
 import Resolver._
 
diff --git a/ivy/src/test/resources/artifact1.jar b/ivy/src/test/resources/artifact1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be043359e
Binary files /dev/null and b/ivy/src/test/resources/artifact1.jar differ
diff --git a/ivy/src/test/resources/artifact2.txt b/ivy/src/test/resources/artifact2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ivy/src/test/scala/FakeResolverSpecification.scala b/ivy/src/test/scala/FakeResolverSpecification.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc1d9f300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivy/src/test/scala/FakeResolverSpecification.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package sbt
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import org.specs2._
+
+class FakeResolverSpecification extends BaseIvySpecification {
+  import FakeResolver._
+
+  def is = s2"""
+  This is a specification for the FakeResolver
+
+  The FakeResolver should
+    find modules with only one artifact                     $singleArtifact
+    find modules with more than one artifact                $multipleArtifacts
+    fail gracefully when asked for unknown modules          $nonExistingModule
+    fail gracefully when some artifacts cannot be found     $existingAndNonExistingArtifacts
+  """
+
+  val myModule = ModuleID("org.example", "my-module", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT", Some("compile"))
+  val example = ModuleID("com.example", "example", "1.0.0", Some("compile"))
+  val anotherExample = ModuleID("com.example", "another-example", "1.0.0", Some("compile"))
+  val nonExisting = ModuleID("com.example", "does-not-exist", "1.2.3", Some("compile"))
+
+  def singleArtifact = {
+    val m = getModule(myModule)
+    val report = ivyUpdate(m)
+    val allFiles = getAllFiles(report)
+
+    report.allModules should haveLength(1)
+    report.configurations should haveLength(3)
+    allFiles should haveLength(1)
+    allFiles(1).getName should beEqualTo("artifact1-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar")
+  }
+
+  def multipleArtifacts = {
+    val m = getModule(example)
+    val report = ivyUpdate(m)
+    val allFiles = getAllFiles(report).toSet
+
+    report.allModules should haveLength(1)
+    report.configurations should haveLength(3)
+    allFiles should haveLength(2)
+    allFiles map (_.getName) should beEqualTo(Set("artifact1-1.0.0.jar", "artifact2-1.0.0.txt"))
+  }
+
+  def nonExistingModule = {
+    val m = getModule(nonExisting)
+    ivyUpdate(m) should throwA[ResolveException]
+  }
+
+  def existingAndNonExistingArtifacts = {
+    val m = getModule(anotherExample)
+    ivyUpdate(m) should throwA[ResolveException]("download failed: com.example#another-example;1.0.0!non-existing.txt")
+  }
+
+  private def artifact1 = new File(getClass.getResource("/artifact1.jar").toURI.getPath)
+  private def artifact2 = new File(getClass.getResource("/artifact2.txt").toURI.getPath)
+
+  private def modules = Map(
+    ("org.example", "my-module", "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT") -> List(
+      FakeArtifact("artifact1", "jar", "jar", artifact1)
+    ),
+
+    ("com.example", "example", "1.0.0") -> List(
+      FakeArtifact("artifact1", "jar", "jar", artifact1),
+      FakeArtifact("artifact2", "txt", "txt", artifact2)
+    ),
+
+    ("com.example", "another-example", "1.0.0") -> List(
+      FakeArtifact("artifact1", "jar", "jar", artifact1),
+      FakeArtifact("non-existing", "txt", "txt", new File("non-existing-file"))
+    )
+  )
+
+  private def fakeResolver = new FakeResolver("FakeResolver", new File("tmp"), modules)
+  override def resolvers: Seq[Resolver] = Seq(new RawRepository(fakeResolver))
+  private def getModule(myModule: ModuleID): IvySbt#Module = module(defaultModuleId, Seq(myModule), None)
+  private def getAllFiles(report: UpdateReport) =
+    for {
+      conf <- report.configurations
+      m <- conf.modules
+      (_, f) <- m.artifacts
+    } yield f
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index ae6e93823..8e49c6ebf 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -1883,6 +1883,7 @@ object Classpaths {
     {
       import xsbti.Predefined
       repo match {
+        case f: FakeRepository        => f.rawRepository
         case m: xsbti.MavenRepository => MavenRepository(m.id, m.url.toString)
         case i: xsbti.IvyRepository =>
           val patterns = Patterns(i.ivyPattern :: Nil, i.artifactPattern :: Nil, mavenCompatible(i), descriptorOptional(i), skipConsistencyCheck(i))
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 611885f9a..a440cc1ec 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-javaversioncheck" % "0.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-scalariform" % "1.3.0") // 1.6.0 is out but is a hard upgrade
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-site" % "0.8.2")
 addSbtPlugin("me.lessis" % "bintray-sbt" % "0.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.2")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da641e878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package sbt
+
+import java.net.URLClassLoader
+import java.util.Properties
+
+/**
+ * A Main class for running sbt without sbt launcher.
+ */
+object Main {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val appConfiguration = new StaticAppConfiguration(args)
+    new xMain().run(appConfiguration)
+  }
+}
+
+private object StaticUtils {
+  val MAIN = "sbt.Main"
+  val SCALA_ORG = "org.scala-lang"
+  val COMPILER = "compiler"
+  val COMPILER_JAR = "scala-compiler.jar"
+  val LIBRARY = "library"
+  val LIBRARY_JAR = "scala-library.jar"
+  val REFLECT = "reflect"
+  val REFLECT_JAR = "scala-reflect.jar"
+  val BRIDGE = "compiler-interface"
+  val BRIDGE_JAR = s"compiler-interface-${sbtApplicationID.version}-sources.jar"
+  val XSBTI = "xsbti"
+  val XSBTI_JAR = s"interface-${sbtApplicationID.version}.jar"
+  val thisJAR: File = new File(getClass.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath())
+
+  def getProperty(loader: ClassLoader, filename: String, property: String): Option[String] =
+    for {
+      stream <- Option(loader.getResourceAsStream(filename))
+      props = new Properties()
+      _ = props.load(stream)
+      o <- Option(props get property)
+      s = o.asInstanceOf[String]
+    } yield s
+
+}
+
+private class StaticComponentProvider(bootDirectory: File) extends xsbti.ComponentProvider {
+  override def addToComponent(componentID: String, components: Array[File]): Boolean = {
+    components foreach { c =>
+      IO.copyFile(c, componentLocation(componentID) / c.getName)
+    }
+    true
+  }
+
+  override def component(componentID: String): Array[File] =
+    PathFinder(componentLocation(componentID)).***.get.filter(_.isFile).toArray
+
+  override def componentLocation(id: String): File =
+    bootDirectory / s"static-sbt-${sbtApplicationID.version}" / id
+
+  override def defineComponent(componentID: String, components: Array[File]): Unit =
+    addToComponent(componentID, components)
+
+  override def lockFile(): File = null
+}
+
+private object sbtApplicationID extends xsbti.ApplicationID {
+  override val groupID: String = xsbti.ArtifactInfo.SbtOrganization
+  override val name: String = "sbt"
+  override def version(): String = StaticUtils.getProperty(getClass.getClassLoader, "xsbt.version.properties", "version") getOrElse "unknown"
+  override val mainClass: String = StaticUtils.MAIN
+  override val mainComponents: Array[String] = Array.empty
+  override val crossVersioned: Boolean = false
+  override val crossVersionedValue: xsbti.CrossValue = xsbti.CrossValue.Disabled
+  override val classpathExtra: Array[File] = Array.empty
+}
+
+private class WeakGlobalLock extends xsbti.GlobalLock {
+  override def apply[T](lockFile: File, run: java.util.concurrent.Callable[T]): T = run.call
+}
+
+private class StaticLauncher(appProvider: StaticAppProvider, scalaProvider: StaticScalaProvider) extends xsbti.Launcher {
+  override def getScala(version: String): xsbti.ScalaProvider = getScala(version, "")
+  override def getScala(version: String, reason: String): xsbti.ScalaProvider = getScala(version, reason, StaticUtils.SCALA_ORG)
+  override def getScala(version: String, reason: String, scalaOrg: String): xsbti.ScalaProvider = {
+    val myScalaVersion = scalaProvider.version
+    if (myScalaVersion == version) scalaProvider
+    else throw new InvalidComponent(s"This launcher can only provide scala $myScalaVersion, asked for scala $version")
+  }
+  override def app(id: xsbti.ApplicationID, version: String): xsbti.AppProvider = appProvider
+
+  override def topLoader(): ClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(Array.empty, null)
+  override def globalLock(): xsbti.GlobalLock = new WeakGlobalLock
+
+  override def bootDirectory(): File = new File(sys props "user.home") / ".sbt" / "boot"
+
+  override def ivyRepositories(): Array[xsbti.Repository] = appRepositories
+  override def appRepositories(): Array[xsbti.Repository] = Array(new FakeRepository(new FakeResolver("fakeresolver", bootDirectory / "fakeresolver-cache", modules)))
+
+  override def isOverrideRepositories(): Boolean = false
+
+  override def ivyHome(): File = null
+  override def checksums(): Array[String] = Array.empty
+
+  private lazy val modules = Map(
+    ("org.scala-sbt", "sbt", sbtApplicationID.version) ->
+      Seq(FakeResolver.FakeArtifact("sbt", "jar", "jar", StaticUtils.thisJAR)),
+
+    ("org.scala-sbt", "compiler-interface", sbtApplicationID.version) -> {
+      val file = scalaProvider.getComponent(StaticUtils.BRIDGE)
+      Seq(FakeResolver.FakeArtifact("compiler-interface", "src", "jar", file))
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+private class StaticScalaProvider(appProvider: StaticAppProvider) extends xsbti.ScalaProvider {
+
+  def getComponent(componentID: String): File = {
+    val component = appProvider.components.component(componentID)
+    assert(component.length == 1, s"""Component $componentID should have 1 file, ${component.length} files found: ${component.mkString(", ")}.""")
+    component(0)
+  }
+  override def launcher: xsbti.Launcher = new StaticLauncher(appProvider, this)
+  override def app(id: xsbti.ApplicationID): xsbti.AppProvider = appProvider
+  override def compilerJar(): File = getComponent(StaticUtils.COMPILER)
+  override def libraryJar(): File = getComponent(StaticUtils.LIBRARY)
+  override def jars(): Array[File] = Array(compilerJar, libraryJar, getComponent(StaticUtils.REFLECT))
+  override def loader(): ClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(jars map (_.toURI.toURL))
+  override def version(): String = StaticUtils.getProperty(loader, "compiler.properties", "version.number") getOrElse "unknown"
+}
+
+private class StaticAppProvider(appConfig: StaticAppConfiguration) extends xsbti.AppProvider {
+
+  if (components.component(StaticUtils.COMPILER).isEmpty) {
+    installFromResources(StaticUtils.COMPILER_JAR, StaticUtils.COMPILER)
+  }
+
+  if (components.component(StaticUtils.LIBRARY).isEmpty) {
+    installFromResources(StaticUtils.LIBRARY_JAR, StaticUtils.LIBRARY)
+  }
+
+  if (components.component(StaticUtils.REFLECT).isEmpty) {
+    installFromResources(StaticUtils.REFLECT_JAR, StaticUtils.REFLECT)
+  }
+
+  if (components.component(StaticUtils.XSBTI).isEmpty) {
+    installFromResources(StaticUtils.XSBTI_JAR, StaticUtils.XSBTI)
+  }
+
+  if (components.component(StaticUtils.BRIDGE).isEmpty) {
+    installFromResources(StaticUtils.BRIDGE_JAR, StaticUtils.BRIDGE)
+  }
+
+  override def components(): xsbti.ComponentProvider = new StaticComponentProvider(scalaProvider.launcher.bootDirectory)
+  override def entryPoint(): Class[_] = loader.getClass
+  override def id(): xsbti.ApplicationID = sbtApplicationID
+  override def loader(): ClassLoader = getClass.getClassLoader
+  override def mainClass(): Class[xsbti.AppMain] = loader.loadClass(id.mainClass).asInstanceOf[Class[xsbti.AppMain]]
+  override def mainClasspath(): Array[File] = Array(StaticUtils.thisJAR)
+  override def newMain(): xsbti.AppMain = new xMain
+  override def scalaProvider(): xsbti.ScalaProvider = new StaticScalaProvider(this)
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves `fileName` from the resources and installs it in `componentID`.
+   * @param filename    Name of the file to get from the resources.
+   * @param componentID ID of the component to create.
+   */
+  private def installFromResources(filename: String, componentID: String): Unit =
+    IO.withTemporaryDirectory { tmp =>
+      Option(getClass.getClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(filename)) match {
+        case Some(stream) =>
+          val target = tmp / filename
+          val out = new java.io.FileOutputStream(target)
+
+          var read = 0
+          val content = new Array[Byte](1024)
+          while ({ read = stream.read(content); read != -1 }) {
+            out.write(content, 0, read)
+          }
+
+          components.defineComponent(componentID, Array(target))
+
+        case None =>
+          sys.error(s"Couldn't install component $componentID: $filename not found on resource path.")
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+private class StaticAppConfiguration(override val arguments: Array[String]) extends xsbti.AppConfiguration {
+  override val baseDirectory: File = new File(sys props "user.dir")
+  override val provider: xsbti.AppProvider = new StaticAppProvider(this)
+}