diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 910effbbe..3c0b7aebe 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <dependency org="com.google.collections" name="google-collections" rev="1.0"/>
     <dependency org="dom4j" name="dom4j" rev="1.6"/>
 
+    <!-- Matrix package from math.nist.gov -->
+    <dependency org="gov.nist" name="Jama" rev="1.0.2" conf="default"/>
+
     <!-- Dependencies for the graph aligner -->  
     <dependency org="org.jgrapht" name="jgrapht-jdk1.5" rev="0.7.3" conf="default"/>
      
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/classloader/PackageUtils.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/classloader/PackageUtils.java
index c45cdde24..d5e676356 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/classloader/PackageUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/classloader/PackageUtils.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * PackageUtils contains some useful methods for package introspection.
  */
 public class PackageUtils {
+    
     /**
      * A reference into our introspection utility.
      */
diff --git a/settings/ivysettings.xml b/settings/ivysettings.xml
index 7550ec9a7..9a2acdd28 100644
--- a/settings/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/settings/ivysettings.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
     <module organisation="net.sf" module="samtools" resolver="projects" />
     <module organisation="org.reflections" module="reflections" resolver="projects" />
     <module organisation="org.broad" module="tribble" resolver="projects" />
+    <module organisation="gov.nist" module="Jama" resolver="projects" />
   </modules>
 </ivysettings>
diff --git a/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.jar b/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..824d13338
Binary files /dev/null and b/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.jar differ
diff --git a/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.xml b/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ea106ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings/repository/gov.nist/Jama-1.0.2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<ivy-module version="1.0">
+    <info organisation="gov.nist" module="Jama" revision="1.0.2" status="release" />
+</ivy-module>