diff --git a/build/scripts/layouts.gant b/build/scripts/layouts.gant
index 77d3a4fdc7c2..c84e59a3a80b 100644
--- a/build/scripts/layouts.gant
+++ b/build/scripts/layouts.gant
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ def layout_core(String home, String target) {
       include(name: "asm.jar")
       include(name: "asm-commons.jar")
       include(name: "cli-10.jar")
+      include(name: "gson-2.0.jar")
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/gson-2.0.jar b/lib/gson-2.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b413f9570ab
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diff --git a/lib/required_for_dist.txt b/lib/required_for_dist.txt
index aa5bb2b41631..58566b89efda 100644
--- a/lib/required_for_dist.txt
+++ b/lib/required_for_dist.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
 commons-net-2.0-patched.jar
 dtdparser113.jar
 groovy-all-1.7.3.jar
+gson-2.0.jar
 guava-r09.jar
 jaxen-1.1.3.jar
 jcip-annotations.jar
diff --git a/lib/src/gson-2.0-sources.jar b/lib/src/gson-2.0-sources.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ccc9f195756
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