diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 09f279b..81fad38 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -140,7 +140,12 @@ signing {
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Sign) {
+    doFirst {
+        println "isRelease: $isRelease"
+        println "isCI: $isCI"
+    }
     onlyIf {
-        isRelease || isCI
+//        isRelease || isCI
+		false
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/DefaultFeature.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/DefaultFeature.groovy
index 1355eb2..101e360 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/DefaultFeature.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/DefaultFeature.groovy
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class DefaultFeature implements Feature {
 	String version
 	String providerName
 	String license
+	String description
+	String copyright
 	List<BundleArtifact> bundles = []
 	List<Feature> includedFeatures = []
 	Project project
@@ -59,4 +61,10 @@ class DefaultFeature implements Feature {
 		includedFeatures == null ? [] : includedFeatures
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Iterable<RequiredFeature> getRequiredFeatures()
+	{
+		[]
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/Feature.java b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/Feature.java
index 4797154..7aea806 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/Feature.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/Feature.java
@@ -33,9 +33,27 @@ public interface Feature {
 	public String getProviderName();
 
 	public String getLicense();
-	
+
+	public String getDescription();
+
+	public String getCopyright();
+
 	public Iterable<BundleArtifact> getBundles();
 	
 	public Iterable<Feature> getIncludedFeatures();
-	
+
+	public Iterable<RequiredFeature> getRequiredFeatures();
+
+	class RequiredFeature {
+		public final String featureName;
+		public final String version;
+		public final String match;
+
+
+		public RequiredFeature(String featureName, String version, String match) {
+			this.featureName = featureName;
+			this.version = version;
+			this.match = match;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/config/ArtifactFeature.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/config/ArtifactFeature.groovy
index 12825c1..67e10fa 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/config/ArtifactFeature.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/config/ArtifactFeature.groovy
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 	final String version
 	final String providerName
 	final String license
-	
+	final String description
+	final String copyright
+
 	/**
 	 * List of artifact references
 	 */
@@ -53,7 +55,12 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 	 * List of included features IDs
 	 */
 	final List<String> configFeatures = []
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * List of required features
+	 */
+	List<RequiredFeature> requiredFeatures = []
+
 	private String finalVersion
 	
 	ArtifactFeature(Project project, def featureNotation,
@@ -65,7 +72,9 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 		def version
 		def providerName
 		def license
-		
+		def description
+		def copyright
+
 		// extract basic feature information from feature notation
 		if (featureNotation instanceof Map) {
 			id = featureNotation.id
@@ -73,6 +82,8 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 			version = featureNotation.version
 			providerName = featureNotation.provider
 			license = featureNotation.license
+			description = featureNotation.description
+			copyright = featureNotation.copyright
 		}
 		else {
 			// assume String id and default values
@@ -93,7 +104,9 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 		this.id = id
 		this.label = label ?: id
 		this.license = license ?: ""
-		
+		this.description = description ?: ""
+		this.copyright = copyright ?: ""
+
 		// create masking delegate to be able to intercept internal call results
 		Closure maskedConfig = null
 		CustomConfigDelegate maskingDelegate = null
@@ -186,7 +199,7 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 			project.platform.features[it]
 		}.findAll()
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Delegate for the configuration closure to intercept calls
 	 * for the feature configuration.
@@ -203,6 +216,18 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 		def invokeMethod(String name, def args) {
 			//TODO support manually adding a feature reference
 
+			if (name == "requires") {
+				def requiredNotation = args[0]
+				if (requiredNotation instanceof Map) {
+					def featureName = requiredNotation.featureName
+					def version = requiredNotation.version
+					def match = requiredNotation.match
+					def required = new RequiredFeature(featureName, version, match)
+					feature.requiredFeatures.add(required)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * If there are further nested closures inside features
 			 * that have OWNER_FIRST resolve strategy, the PlatformPluginExtension
@@ -229,7 +254,7 @@ class ArtifactFeature implements Feature {
 			
 			result
 		}
-		
+
 		@Override
 		def getProperty(String name) {
 			if (name == 'includes') {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/util/FeatureUtil.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/util/FeatureUtil.groovy
index 368cbdc..548731f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/util/FeatureUtil.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/standardout/gradle/plugin/platform/internal/util/FeatureUtil.groovy
@@ -52,6 +52,27 @@ class FeatureUtil {
 			if (feature.license) {
 				license(feature.license)
 			}
+
+			if (feature.description) {
+				description(feature.description)
+			}
+
+			if (feature.copyright) {
+				copyright(feature.copyright)
+			}
+
+			if (!feature.requiredFeatures.isEmpty()) {
+ 				requires() {
+					//required features
+					for (Feature.RequiredFeature required : feature.requiredFeatures.sort(true, { it.featureName })) {
+						def version = required.version?:'0.0.0'
+						def match = required.match?:"greaterOrEqual"
+						xml.import(feature: required.featureName, version: version, match:match)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+
 			// included features
 			for (Feature included : feature.includedFeatures.sort(true, { it.id })) {
 				def version = included.version?:'0.0.0'