diff --git a/configs/community.dbuild b/configs/community.dbuild
index c91f6135a..1c5b20972 100644
--- a/configs/community.dbuild
+++ b/configs/community.dbuild
@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ build += {
     extra.exclude: ["sbtplugin"]
   }
 
+  ${vars.base} {
+    name: "mouse"
+    uri:  ${vars.uris.mouse-uri}
+    extra.sbt-version: ${vars.sbt-1-version}
+    extra.projects: ["crossJVM"]  // no Scala.js please
+  }
+
   // forked (January 2018) to remove a couple of failing tests; ticket
   // is https://github.com/etorreborre/specs2/issues/622. note we are
   // using the 3.x branch, even though specs2 4.0 has been out for a while
diff --git a/configs/project-refs.conf b/configs/project-refs.conf
index 97694d5ab..06c69b865 100644
--- a/configs/project-refs.conf
+++ b/configs/project-refs.conf
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ vars.uris: {
   minitest-uri:                 "https://github.com/monix/minitest.git"
   monix-uri:                    "https://github.com/monix/monix.git"
   monocle-uri:                  "https://github.com/julien-truffaut/Monocle.git"
+  mouse-uri:                    "https://github.com/typelevel/mouse.git"
   nscala-time-uri:              "https://github.com/nscala-time/nscala-time.git"
   nyaya-uri:                    "https://github.com/japgolly/nyaya.git"
   paiges-uri:                   "https://github.com/typelevel/paiges.git"