diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f394aed..bd4bf6f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
         <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" />
     </path>
 
-    <target name="resolve">
+    <target name="bootstrap" description="Used to install the ivy task jar">
+        <mkdir dir="${user.home}/.ant/lib"/>
+        <get dest="${user.home}/.ant/lib/ivy.jar" src="http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/ivy/ivy/2.2.0/ivy-2.2.0.jar"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="resolve" depends="bootstrap">
         <ivy:retrieve />
     </target>
 
@@ -27,4 +32,4 @@
         <jar destfile="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}"/>
     </target>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>