diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index afe8437c5..043984488 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ lazy val compilerIvyProj = (project in compilePath / "ivy").
         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")
+        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
       }
diff --git a/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala
index fcf8e715b..2442f7a5d 100644
--- a/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala
+++ b/sbt/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ private object StaticUtils {
   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 XSBTI = "xsbti"
   val XSBTI_JAR = s"interface-${sbtApplicationID.version}.jar"
   val thisJAR: File = new File(getClass.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath())
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ private class StaticScalaProvider(appProvider: StaticAppProvider) extends xsbti.
   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)
+  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"
 }
@@ -124,6 +126,10 @@ private class StaticAppProvider(appConfig: StaticAppConfiguration) extends xsbti
     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)
   }