Index: src/main/groovy/grape/Grape.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/groovy/grape/Grape.java	(revision 18312)
+++ src/main/groovy/grape/Grape.java	(working copy)
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@
     }
 
     public static URI[] resolve(Map args, Map... dependencies) {
+        return resolve(args, null, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    public static URI[] resolve(Map args, List infoResolvedDeps, Map... dependencies) {
         URI[] uris = null;
         if (enableGrapes) {
             GrapeEngine instance = getInstance();
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@
                 if (!args.containsKey("autoDownload")) {
                     args.put("autoDownload" , Boolean.valueOf(enableAutoDownload));
                 }
-                uris = instance.resolve(args, dependencies);
+                uris = instance.resolve(args, infoResolvedDeps, dependencies);
             }
         }
         if (uris == null) {
Index: src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeEngine.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeEngine.java	(revision 18312)
+++ src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeEngine.java	(working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     URI[] resolve(Map args, Map... dependencies);
 
+    URI[] resolve(Map args, List infoResolvedDeps, Map... dependencies);
+
     Map[] listDependencies(ClassLoader classLoader);
 }
 
Index: src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeIvy.groovy
===================================================================
--- src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeIvy.groovy	(revision 18312)
+++ src/main/groovy/grape/GrapeIvy.groovy	(working copy)
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@
     }
 
     public URI [] resolve(Map args, Map... dependencies) {
+        resolve(args, null, dependencies)
+    }
+
+    public URI [] resolve(Map args, List infoResolvedDeps, Map... dependencies) {
         // identify the target classloader early, so we fail before checking repositories
         def loader = chooseClassLoader(
             classLoader:args.remove('classLoader'),
@@ -312,10 +316,14 @@
         // If we were in fail mode we would have already thrown an exception
         if (!loader) return
 
-        resolve(loader, args, dependencies)
+        resolve(loader, args, infoResolvedDeps, dependencies)
     }
 
     URI [] resolve(ClassLoader loader, Map args, Map... dependencies) {
+        return resolve(loader, args, null, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    URI [] resolve(ClassLoader loader, Map args, List infoResolvedDeps, Map... dependencies) {
         // check for mutually exclusive arguments
         Set keys = args.keySet()
         keys.each {a ->
@@ -328,6 +336,8 @@
         // check the kill switch
         if (!enableGrapes) { return }
 
+        boolean populateDepsInfo = (infoResolvedDeps != null);
+        
         Set<IvyGrabRecord> localDeps = loadedDeps.get(loader)
         if (localDeps == null) {
             // use a linked set to preserve initial insertion order
@@ -356,9 +366,18 @@
                 results += adl.localFile.toURI()
             }
         }
+        
+        if(populateDepsInfo) {
+            def deps = report.getDependencies()
+            deps.each { depNode ->
+                def id = depNode.getId()
+                infoResolvedDeps << ['group' : id.organisation, 'module' : id.name, 'revision' : id.revision]
+            }
+        }
+        
         return results as URI[]
     }
-
+    
     public Map[] listDependencies (ClassLoader classLoader) {
         if (loadedDeps.containsKey(classLoader)) {
             List<Map> results = []
Index: src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/tools/GrapeMain.groovy
===================================================================
--- src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/tools/GrapeMain.groovy	(revision 18312)
+++ src/main/org/codehaus/groovy/tools/GrapeMain.groovy	(working copy)
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
             .withLongOpt("shell")
             .create('s')
     );
+    options.addOption(
+            OptionBuilder.hasArg(false)
+                .withLongOpt("ivy")
+                .create('i')
+        );
     CommandLine cmd2 = new PosixParser().parse(options, arg[1..-1] as String[], true);
     arg = cmd2.args
 
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@
         return
     }
     def before, between, after
+    def ivyFormatRequested = false
 
     if (cmd2.hasOption('a')) {
         before = '<pathelement location="'
@@ -116,6 +122,11 @@
         before = 'export CLASSPATH='
         between = ':'
         after = ''
+    } else if (cmd2.hasOption('i')) {
+        ivyFormatRequested = true
+        before = '<dependency '
+        between = '">\n<dependency '
+        after = '">'
     } else {
         before = ''
         between = '\n'
@@ -124,18 +135,28 @@
 
     iter = arg.iterator()
     def params = [[:]]
+    def infoResolvedDeps = [] // this list will contain the module/group/version info of all resolved dependencies
+    if(ivyFormatRequested) {
+        params << infoResolvedDeps
+    }
     while (iter.hasNext()) {
         params.add([group: iter.next(), module: iter.next(), version: iter.next()])
     }
-
     try {
         def results = []
-        for (URI uri: Grape.resolve(* params)) {
-            if (uri.scheme == 'file') {
-                results += new File(uri).path
-            } else {
-                results += uri.toASCIIString()
+        def uris = Grape.resolve(* params)
+        if(!ivyFormatRequested) {
+            for (URI uri: uris) {
+                if (uri.scheme == 'file') {
+                    results += new File(uri).path
+                } else {
+                    results += uri.toASCIIString()
+                }
             }
+        } else {
+            infoResolvedDeps.each { dep ->
+                results += ('org="' + dep.group + '" name="' + dep.module + '" revision="' + dep.revision)   
+            }
         }
 
         if (results) {