diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 066987a..2f82e25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ build/
 .gradle
 .iml
 target
-
+install-libs.sh
diff --git a/bin/install-lib.sh b/bin/install-lib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f588606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/install-lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+project="$1"
+file="$2"
+groupId="$3"
+artifactId="$4"
+version="$5"
+directory="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+echo directory: $directory
+
+if [ -z "$5" ] ; then
+    echo 'This script is used to install dependencies to the local maven repository.'
+    echo 'usage: install-lib.sh project file groupId artifactId version'
+    echo ''
+    echo 'project is either api, extra, or test'
+    echo ''
+    echo 'example: install-lib.sh api mail-1.4.7.jar javax.mail mail 1.4.7'
+    echo ''
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "api" ] || [ "$1" == "extra" ] || [ "$1" == "test" ] ; then
+
+    localRepositoryPath="$directory/../server_extensions_$1/libs"
+
+    mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.5.2:install-file \
+      -Dfile=$file \
+      -DgroupId=$groupId \
+      -DartifactId=$artifactId \
+      -Dversion=$version-BATM \
+      -Dpackaging=jar \
+      -DlocalRepositoryPath=$localRepositoryPath
+
+    echo ''
+    echo '...installed, now add following to the pom.xml:'
+    echo ''
+    echo '<dependency>'
+    echo "  <groupId>$groupId</groupId>"
+    echo "  <artifactId>$artifactId</artifactId>"
+    echo "  <version>$version-BATM</version>"
+    echo '</dependency>'
+    echo ''
+
+else
+    echo 'project needs to be either api, extra, or test'
+fi
+
+exit 1
+