--- a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyAntSettings.java

+++ b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyAntSettings.java

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public class IvyAntSettings extends DataType {

         File[] settingsLocations = new File[] {

                 new File(getProject().getBaseDir(), settingsFileName),

                 new File(getProject().getBaseDir(), "ivyconf.xml"), new File(settingsFileName),

-                new File("ivyconf.xml")};

+                new File("ivyconf.xml"), new File("/etc/ivy/ivysettings.xml")};

         for (File settingsFile : settingsLocations) {

             task.log("searching settings file: trying " + settingsFile, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);

             if (settingsFile.exists()) {