diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f65a023098..a4f4130042 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ranges.csv
 .DS_Store
 .*.swp
 
-thunderbirdparser/release/
-ImageGallery/release/
+
+/ImageGallery/release/
+/thunderbirdparser/release/
+/Experimental/release/
 
diff --git a/Experimental/build.xml b/Experimental/build.xml
index b23ebb9ac3..da231a09fc 100644
--- a/Experimental/build.xml
+++ b/Experimental/build.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,24 @@
 <!-- You may freely edit this file. See harness/README in the NetBeans platform -->
 <!-- for some information on what you could do (e.g. targets to override). -->
 <!-- If you delete this file and reopen the project it will be recreated. -->
-<project name="org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental" default="netbeans" basedir=".">
+<project name="org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental" default="netbeans" basedir="." xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
     <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental.</description>
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
+    <import file="../BootstrapIvy.xml"/>
+    <property name="release.dir" value="${basedir}/release" />
+    <target name="init" depends="basic-init,files-init,build-init,-javac-init,init-ivy">
+        <ivy:settings file="ivysettings.xml" />
+        <ivy:resolve/>
+        <ivy:retrieve  sync="false" pattern="${release.dir}/modules/ext/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />    
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="clean" depends="projectized-common.clean">
+        <!--Override clean to delete jars, etc downloaded with Ivy  
+        or copied in from thirdparty folder.  This way we don't end up with 
+        out-of-date/unneeded stuff in the installer-->
+        <mkdir dir="${release.dir}"/>
+        <delete includeemptydirs="true">
+            <fileset dir="${release.dir}" includes="**/*"/>
+        </delete>
+    </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/Experimental/ivy.xml b/Experimental/ivy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebd7bade53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Experimental/ivy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<ivy-module version="2.0">
+    <info organisation="org.sleuthkit.autopsy" module="corelibs"/>
+    <configurations >
+        <!-- module dependencies -->
+        <conf name="experimental"/>
+        
+    </configurations>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.github.lgooddatepicker" name="LGoodDatePicker" rev="4.3.1"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.apache.solr" name="solr-solrj" rev="4.9.1"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.apache.tika" name="tika-core" rev="1.5"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.postgresql" name="postgresql" rev="9.4-1201-jdbc41"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.mchange" name="c3p0" rev="0.9.5"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" name="jackson-core" rev="2.7.0"/>
+        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.swinglabs.swingx" name="swingx-all" rev="1.6.4"/>
+        <exclude artifact="commons-io"/>
+        <exclude artifact="slf4j-api"/>
+        <exclude artifact="wstx-asl"/>
+        <exclude artifact="zookeeper"/>
+
+    </dependencies>
+</ivy-module>
diff --git a/Experimental/ivysettings.xml b/Experimental/ivysettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3e086637b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Experimental/ivysettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<ivysettings>
+    <settings defaultResolver="main"/>
+    <resolvers>
+        <chain name="main">
+            <ibiblio name="central" m2compatible="true"/>
+            <ibiblio name="ibiblio" m2compatible="true"/>
+            <ibiblio name="xerial" m2compatible="true" root="http://www.xerial.org/maven/repository/snapshot" />
+        </chain>
+    </resolvers>
+</ivysettings>
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