diff --git a/ivy/MakePom.scala b/ivy/MakePom.scala
index 262a1ee35..b85334e97 100644
--- a/ivy/MakePom.scala
+++ b/ivy/MakePom.scala
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger)
 			<artifactId>{mrid.getName}</artifactId>
 			<version>{mrid.getRevision}</version>
 			{ scopeAndOptional(dependency) }
+			{ classifier(dependency) }
 			{
 				val (warns, excls) = List.separate(excl.map(makeExclusion))
 				if(!warns.isEmpty) log.warn(warns.mkString(IO.Newline))
@@ -144,6 +145,13 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger)
 		</dependency>
 	}
 
+	def classifier(dependency: DependencyDescriptor): Seq[scala.xml.Node] =
+	{
+		for (da <- dependency.getAllDependencyArtifacts;
+				 cl <- Option(da.getExtraAttribute("classifier"))) yield
+					<classifier>{cl}</classifier>
+	}
+
 	def scopeAndOptional(dependency: DependencyDescriptor): NodeSeq  =
 	{
 		val (scope, opt) = getScopeAndOptional(dependency.getModuleConfigurations)
@@ -238,4 +246,4 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger)
 		}
 		module.getDependencies flatMap translate
 	}
-}
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+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-scope/project/PomTest.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-scope/project/PomTest.scala
index a8a1a9404..1f1e12bf0 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-scope/project/PomTest.scala
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-scope/project/PomTest.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ object PomTest extends Build
 			"d" % "d" % "1.0" % "test",
 			"e" % "e" % "1.0" % "custom",		
 			"f" % "f" % "1.0" % "custom,optional,runtime",
-			"g" % "g" % "1.0" % "custom,runtime"
+			"g" % "g" % "1.0" % "custom,runtime" classifier "foo"
 		)
 	)
 
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ object PomTest extends Build
 
 	def checkPom = makePom map { pom =>
 		val expected = Seq(
-			("a", Some("compile"), false),
-			("b", Some("runtime"), true),
-			("c", None, true),
-			("d", Some("test"), false),
-			("e", Some("custom"), false),
-			("f", Some("runtime"), true),
-			("g", Some("runtime"), false)
+			("a", Some("compile"), false, None),
+			("b", Some("runtime"), true, None),
+			("c", None, true, None),
+			("d", Some("test"), false, None),
+			("e", Some("custom"), false, None),
+			("f", Some("runtime"), true, None),
+			("g", Some("runtime"), false, Some("foo"))
 		)
 		val loaded = xml.XML.loadFile(pom)
 		val deps = loaded \\ "dependency"
-		expected foreach { case (id, scope, opt) =>
+		expected foreach { case (id, scope, opt, classifier) =>
 			val dep = deps.find(d => (d \ "artifactId").text == id).getOrElse( error("Dependency '" + id + "' not written to pom:\n" + loaded))
 
 			val actualOpt = java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean( (dep \\ "optional").text )
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ object PomTest extends Build
 			assert(opt == actualOpt, "Invalid 'optional' section '" + (dep \\ "optional") + "', expected optional=" + opt)
 
 			val actualScope = (dep \\ "scope") match { case Seq() => None; case x => Some(x.text) }
+			val acutalClassifier = (dep \\ "classifier") match { case Seq() => None; case x => Some(x.text) }
 			assert(actualScope == scope, "Invalid 'scope' section '" + (dep \\ "scope") + "', expected scope=" + scope)
+			assert(acutalClassifier == classifier, "Invalid 'classifier' section '" + (dep \\ "classifier") + "', expected classifier=" + classifier)
 		}
 	}
-}
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+}