diff --git a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
index fe2cb96df2..bec3d1b072 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ mv  %{_build_root}/awips2/groovy-%{_groovy_version} \
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    exit 1
 fi
+
+# spring-enable groovy
+_spring_dependencies=\
+(\
+   'org.springframework.context-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar' \
+   'org.springframework.beans-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar' \
+   'org.springframework.core-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar' \
+   'org.springframework.asm-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar' \
+   'org.springframework.expression-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar' \
+)
+
+for spring_dependency in ${_spring_dependencies[*]};
+do
+   cp %{_baseline_workspace}/org.springframework/${spring_dependency} \
+      %{_build_root}/awips2/groovy/lib
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      exit 1
+   fi
+done
+
 cp ${_profile_scripts}/* %{_build_root}/etc/profile.d
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    exit 1
@@ -96,4 +116,4 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %doc /awips2/groovy/NOTICE.txt
 
 %defattr(755,awips,fxalpha,755)
-/awips2/groovy/bin/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/awips2/groovy/bin/*