diff --git a/project/packaging.scala b/project/packaging.scala
index bb1321e0c..1698e3ff3 100644
--- a/project/packaging.scala
+++ b/project/packaging.scala
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ object Packaging {
     packageSummary := "Simple Build Tool for Scala-driven builds",
     packageDescription := """This script provides a native way to run the Simple Build Tool,
   a build tool for Scala software, also called SBT.""",
-    linuxPackageMappings <+= (baseDirectory) map { bd =>
-      (packageMapping((bd / "sbt") -> "/usr/bin/sbt")
+    linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory in Linux) map { bd =>
+      (packageMapping((bd / "sbt") -> "/usr/bin/sbt",
+                      (bd / "sbt-launch-lib.sh") -> "/usr/share/sbt/sbt-launch-lib.sh")
        withUser "root" withGroup "root" withPerms "0755")
     },
     linuxPackageMappings <+= (sourceDirectory) map { bd =>
diff --git a/sbt b/src/linux/sbt
similarity index 99%
rename from sbt
rename to src/linux/sbt
index e2db67998..29c83f0e1 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/src/linux/sbt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ get_mem_opts () {
   (( $perm > 256 )) || perm=256
   (( $perm < 1024 )) || perm=1024
   local codecache=$(( $perm / 2 ))
-  
+
   echo "-Xms${mem}m -Xmx${mem}m -XX:MaxPermSize=${perm}m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=${codecache}m"
 }
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jar_file () {
 sbt_artifactory_list () {
   local type="$1" # -RC or -SNAPSHOT
   local version=${sbt_version%-SNAPSHOT}
-  
+
   curl -s --list-only "$sbt_snapshot_baseurl" | \
     grep -F $version | \
     perl -e 'print reverse <>' | \
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ sbt_snapshot_actual_version () {
 download_url () {
   local url="$1"
   local jar="$2"
-  
+
   echo "Downloading sbt launcher $sbt_version:"
   echo "  From  $url"
   echo "    To  $jar"
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ acquire_sbt_jar () {
   elif [[ ! $sbt_version ]]; then
     sbt_version=$sbt_release_version
   fi
-  
+
   sbt_url="$(jar_url)"
   sbt_jar="$(jar_file $sbt_version)"
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ process_args ()
     local type="$1"
     local opt="$2"
     local arg="$3"
-    
+
     if [[ -z "$arg" ]] || [[ "${arg:0:1}" == "-" ]]; then
       die "$opt requires <$type> argument"
     fi
@@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ process_args ()
               *) addResidual "$1" && shift ;;
     esac
   done
-  
+
   [[ $debug ]] && {
     case "$sbt_version" in
-      0.7*) addSbt "debug" ;; 
+      0.7*) addSbt "debug" ;;
          *) addSbt "set logLevel in Global := Level.Debug" ;;
     esac
   }
diff --git a/src/linux/sbt-launch-lib.bash b/src/linux/sbt-launch-lib.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7be2589df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/linux/sbt-launch-lib.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+
+# A library to simplify using the SBT launcher from other packages.
+# Note: This should be used by tools like giter8/conscript etc.
+
+# TODO - Should we merge the main SBT script with this library?
+
+# TODO - Don't hardcode this.
+declare sbt_version="0.11.2"
+declare -r sbt_release_version=0.11.2
+declare -r sbt_snapshot_version=0.11.3-SNAPSHOT
+
+if test -z "$HOME"; then
+  declare -r script_dir="$(dirname $script_path)"
+else
+  declare -r script_dir="$HOME/.sbt"
+fi
+
+declare -a residual_args
+declare -a java_args
+declare -a scalac_args
+declare -a sbt_commands
+declare java_cmd=java
+
+echoerr () {
+  echo 1>&2 "$@"
+}
+vlog () {
+  [[ $verbose || $debug ]] && echoerr "$@"
+}
+dlog () {
+  [[ $debug ]] && echoerr "$@"
+}
+
+sbtjar_release_url () {
+  echo "http://typesafe.artifactoryonline.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-tools.sbt/sbt-launch/$sbt_version/sbt-launch.jar"
+}
+
+sbtjar_snapshot_url () {
+  local ver="$sbt_version"
+  if [[ "$sbt_version" = *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+    ver=$(sbt_snapshot_actual_version -SNAPSHOT)
+    echoerr "sbt snapshot is $ver"
+  elif [[ "$sbt_version" = *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+    ver=$(sbt_snapshot_actual_version -RC)
+    echoerr "sbt rc is $ver"
+  fi
+
+  echo "${sbt_snapshot_baseurl}${ver}/sbt-launch.jar"
+}
+
+jar_url () {
+  case $sbt_version in
+ *-SNAPSHOT*) sbtjar_snapshot_url ;;
+       *-RC*) sbtjar_snapshot_url ;;
+           *) sbtjar_release_url ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+jar_file () {
+  if [[ -f "/usr/lib/sbt/$1/sbt-launch.jar" ]]; then
+    echo "/usr/lib/sbt/$1/sbt-launch.jar"
+  else
+    echo "$script_dir/.lib/$1/sbt-launch.jar"
+  fi
+}
+
+download_url () {
+  local url="$1"
+  local jar="$2"
+
+  echo "Downloading sbt launcher $sbt_version:"
+  echo "  From  $url"
+  echo "    To  $jar"
+
+  mkdir -p $(dirname "$jar") && {
+    if which curl >/dev/null; then
+      curl --silent "$url" --output "$jar"
+    elif which wget >/dev/null; then
+      wget --quiet -O "$jar" "$url"
+    fi
+  } && [[ -f "$jar" ]]
+}
+
+acquire_sbt_jar () {
+  local sbt_version="$1"
+
+  sbt_url="$(jar_url)"
+  sbt_jar="$(jar_file $sbt_version)"
+
+  [[ -f "$sbt_jar" ]] || download_url "$sbt_url" "$sbt_jar"
+}
+
+execRunner () {
+  # print the arguments one to a line, quoting any containing spaces
+  [[ $verbose || $debug ]] && echo "# Executing command line:" && {
+    for arg; do
+      if printf "%s\n" "$arg" | grep -q ' '; then
+        printf "\"%s\"\n" "$arg"
+      else
+        printf "%s\n" "$arg"
+      fi
+    done
+    echo ""
+  }
+
+  exec "$@"
+}
+
+addJava () {
+  dlog "[addJava] arg = '$1'"
+  java_args=( "${java_args[@]}" "$1" )
+}
+addSbt () {
+  dlog "[addSbt] arg = '$1'"
+  sbt_commands=( "${sbt_commands[@]}" "$1" )
+}
+addResidual () {
+  dlog "[residual] arg = '$1'"
+  residual_args=( "${residual_args[@]}" "$1" )
+}
+addDebugger () {
+  addJava "-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=$1"
+}
+
+# a ham-fisted attempt to move some memory settings in concert
+# so they need not be dicked around with individually.
+get_mem_opts () {
+  local mem=${1:-1536}
+  local perm=$(( $mem / 4 ))
+  (( $perm > 256 )) || perm=256
+  (( $perm < 1024 )) || perm=1024
+  local codecache=$(( $perm / 2 ))
+
+  echo "-Xms${mem}m -Xmx${mem}m -XX:MaxPermSize=${perm}m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=${codecache}m"
+}
+
+process_args () {
+  require_arg () {
+    local type="$1"
+    local opt="$2"
+    local arg="$3"
+
+    if [[ -z "$arg" ]] || [[ "${arg:0:1}" == "-" ]]; then
+      die "$opt requires <$type> argument"
+    fi
+  }
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+       -h|-help) usage; exit 1 ;;
+    -v|-verbose) verbose=1 && shift ;;
+      -d|-debug) debug=1 && shift ;;
+    # -u|-upgrade) addSbt 'set sbt.version 0.7.7' ; addSbt reload  && shift ;;
+
+           -ivy) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && addJava "-Dsbt.ivy.home=$2" && shift 2 ;;
+           -mem) require_arg integer "$1" "$2" && sbt_mem="$2" && shift 2 ;;
+     -jvm-debug) require_arg port "$1" "$2" && addDebugger $2 && shift 2 ;;
+         -batch) exec </dev/null && shift ;;
+
+       -sbt-jar) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && sbt_jar="$2" && shift 2 ;;
+   -sbt-version) require_arg version "$1" "$2" && sbt_version="$2" && shift 2 ;;
+     -java-home) require_arg path "$1" "$2" && java_cmd="$2/bin/java" && shift 2 ;;
+
+            -D*) addJava "$1" && shift ;;
+            -J*) addJava "${1:2}" && shift ;;
+              *) addResidual "$1" && shift ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+run() {
+  # no jar? download it.
+  [[ -f "$sbt_jar" ]] || acquire_sbt_jar "$sbt_version" || {
+    # still no jar? uh-oh.
+    echo "Download failed. Obtain the sbt-launch.jar manually and place it at $sbt_jar"
+    exit 1
+  }
+
+  # process the combined args, then reset "$@" to the residuals
+  process_args "$@"
+  set -- "${residual_args[@]}"
+  argumentCount=$#
+
+  # run sbt
+  execRunner "$java_cmd" \
+    ${SBT_OPTS:-$default_sbt_opts} \
+    $(get_mem_opts $sbt_mem) \
+    ${java_opts} \
+    ${java_args[@]} \
+    -jar "$sbt_jar" \
+    "${sbt_commands[@]}" \
+    "${residual_args[@]}"
+}
+
+runAlternateBoot() {
+  local bootpropsfile="$1"
+  shift
+  addJava "-Dsbt.boot.properties=$bootpropsfile"
+  run $@
+}