diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/BootableActorLoaderService.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/BootableActorLoaderService.scala
index 32aeb69303..14ab2301df 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/BootableActorLoaderService.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/BootableActorLoaderService.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Scalable Solutions AB <http://scalablesolutions.se>
  */
- 
+
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.net.URLClassLoader
+import java.net.{URL, URLClassLoader}
+import java.util.jar.JarFile
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.util.{Bootable, Logging}
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.config.Config._
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ trait BootableActorLoaderService extends Bootable with Logging {
 
   val BOOT_CLASSES = config.getList("akka.boot")
   lazy val applicationLoader: Option[ClassLoader] = createApplicationClassLoader
-  
+
   protected def createApplicationClassLoader : Option[ClassLoader] = {
     Some(
     if (HOME.isDefined) {
@@ -28,9 +29,21 @@ trait BootableActorLoaderService extends Bootable with Logging {
         log.error("Could not find a deploy directory at [%s]", DEPLOY)
         System.exit(-1)
       }
-      val toDeploy = for (f <- DEPLOY_DIR.listFiles().toArray.toList.asInstanceOf[List[File]]) yield f.toURI.toURL
-      log.info("Deploying applications from [%s]: [%s]", DEPLOY, toDeploy.toArray.toList)
-      new URLClassLoader(toDeploy.toArray, getClass.getClassLoader)
+      val filesToDeploy = DEPLOY_DIR.listFiles.toArray.toList.asInstanceOf[List[File]].filter(_.getName.endsWith(".jar"))
+      var dependencyJars: List[URL] = Nil
+      filesToDeploy.map { file =>
+        val jarFile = new JarFile(file)
+        val en = jarFile.entries
+        while (en.hasMoreElements) {
+          val name = en.nextElement.getName
+          if (name.endsWith(".jar")) dependencyJars ::= new File(String.format("jar:file:%s!/%s", jarFile.getName, name)).toURI.toURL
+        }
+      }
+      val toDeploy = filesToDeploy.map(_.toURI.toURL)
+      log.info("Deploying applications from [%s]: [%s]", DEPLOY, toDeploy)
+      log.debug("Loading dependencies [%s]", dependencyJars)
+      val allJars = toDeploy ::: dependencyJars
+      new URLClassLoader(allJars.toArray.asInstanceOf[Array[URL]] , getClass.getClassLoader)
     } else getClass.getClassLoader)
   }
 
@@ -41,6 +54,6 @@ trait BootableActorLoaderService extends Bootable with Logging {
     }
     super.onLoad
   }
-  
+
   abstract override def onUnload = ActorRegistry.shutdownAll
 }
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/StmSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/StmSpec.scala
index 121407426a..1b6732b295 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/StmSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/StmSpec.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor
 
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.stm.Transaction.Local._
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.stm._
 
 import org.scalatest.Spec
@@ -11,13 +10,14 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-class StmSpec extends 
-  Spec with 
-  ShouldMatchers with 
+class StmSpec extends
+  Spec with
+  ShouldMatchers with
   BeforeAndAfterAll {
-  
-  describe("STM outside actors") {
+
+  describe("Transaction.Local") {
     it("should be able to do multiple consecutive atomic {..} statements") {
+      import Transaction.Local._
 
       lazy val ref = TransactionalState.newRef[Int]
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class StmSpec extends
     }
 
     it("should be able to do nested atomic {..} statements") {
+      import Transaction.Local._
 
       lazy val ref = TransactionalState.newRef[Int]
 
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ class StmSpec extends
       def total: Int = atomic {
         ref.get.getOrElse(0)
       }
-      
+
       atomic {
         increment
-        increment        
+        increment
       }
       atomic {
         increment
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class StmSpec extends
     }
 
     it("should roll back failing nested atomic {..} statements") {
+      import Transaction.Local._
 
       lazy val ref = TransactionalState.newRef[Int]
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class StmSpec extends
           increment
           increment
           throw new Exception
-        }        
+        }
       } catch {
         case e => {}
       }
diff --git a/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT/redisclient-2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT/redisclient-2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..898a59f413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embedded-repo/com/redis/redisclient/2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT/redisclient-2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+   <groupId>com.redis</groupId>
+   <artifactId>redisclient</artifactId>
+   <version>2.8.0.Beta1-1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+</project>