diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3de912b3cd..f7b9ecb8d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ bin
 *.log
 .clover
 *.swp
+!/wicket-war/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wicket-war/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/wicket-war/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aff5ee3d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wicket-war/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependencies: org.jboss.msc