diff --git a/doc/contents/GrapeExample.ipynb b/doc/contents/GrapeExample.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecda68e326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/contents/GrapeExample.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 1,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "ename": "org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException",
+     "evalue": " startup failed",
+     "output_type": "error",
+     "traceback": [
+      "\u001b[0;31morg.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:",
+      "\u001b[0;31mscript15033056800541660887958.groovy: 1: unable to resolve class org.apache.commons.io.Charsets",
+      "\u001b[0;31m @ line 1, column 1.",
+      "\u001b[0;31m   import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets",
+      "\u001b[0;31m   ^",
+      "\u001b[0;31m",
+      "\u001b[0;31m1 error",
+      "\u001b[0;31m",
+      "\u001b[0;31m\tat com.twosigma.beakerx.groovy.evaluator.GroovyCodeRunner.run(GroovyCodeRunner.java:57)"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets\n",
+    "println Charsets.US_ASCII "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 5,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "US-ASCII\n"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "null"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io\n",
+    "@Grapes(\n",
+    "    @Grab(group='commons-io', module='commons-io', version='2.5')\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets\n",
+    "println Charsets.US_ASCII "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Groovy",
+   "language": "groovy",
+   "name": "groovy"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": "groovy",
+   "file_extension": ".groovy",
+   "mimetype": "",
+   "name": "Groovy",
+   "nbconverter_exporter": "",
+   "version": "2.4.3"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/doc/contents/GroovyAddJarToClasspathMagicCommands.ipynb b/doc/contents/GroovyAddJarToClasspathMagicCommands.ipynb
index 75dd6344a7..8918de6746 100644
--- a/doc/contents/GroovyAddJarToClasspathMagicCommands.ipynb
+++ b/doc/contents/GroovyAddJarToClasspathMagicCommands.ipynb
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import com.example.Demo"
@@ -32,9 +30,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "%classpath add jar demoResources/demo.jar"
@@ -77,9 +73,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import com.example.Demo"
@@ -88,9 +82,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import com.example.Demo\n",
@@ -140,19 +132,35 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stdout",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": []
-    }
-   ],
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "%classpath"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Grapes, Maven, and Ivy\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Groovy has a dependency manager called [Grape](http://docs.groovy-lang.org/latest/html/documentation/grape.html) built-in and you can access it as follows.  A more powerful classpath magic that works for the rest of the languages is on the [agenda](https://github.com/twosigma/beakerx/issues/5836)."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "@Grapes(\n",
+    "    @Grab(group='commons-io', module='commons-io', version='2.5')\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets\n",
+    "println Charsets.US_ASCII"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -211,7 +219,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": true
    },
@@ -223,7 +231,9 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "PI"
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
     "collapsed": true
    },
diff --git a/kernel/groovy/build.gradle b/kernel/groovy/build.gradle
index 82f8bf36b2..d324f115ca 100644
--- a/kernel/groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/kernel/groovy/build.gradle
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   provided project(':base')
   compile group: "org.codehaus.groovy", name: "groovy-all", version: "2.4.3"
+  compile group: 'org.apache.ivy', name: 'ivy', version: '2.4.0'
   compile group: 'org.antlr', name: 'antlr4-runtime', version: '4.5'
   antlr group: 'org.antlr', name: 'antlr4', version: '4.5'