diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 27fff02eb4..01a3e7bd73 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -569,12 +569,22 @@
    			    <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
    			    <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
    			    <version>${cache.version}</version>
-   		  </dependency>
-		    <dependency>
-		        <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
-		        <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
-		        <version>${hazelcast.version}</version>
-		    </dependency>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
+            <version>${hazelcast.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jira-rest-java-client-core</artifactId>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.atlassian.fugue</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fugue</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0-m007</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
@@ -590,6 +600,10 @@
             <name>bintray</name>
             <url>http://dl.bintray.com/cuba-platform/main</url>
         </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>atlassian-public</id>
+            <url>https://packages.atlassian.com/maven/repository/public</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
         <multiverse.version>0.7.0</multiverse.version>
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jira/JiraClient.java b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jira/JiraClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26df21c8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jira/JiraClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.jira;
+
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.JiraRestClient;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.JiraRestClientFactory;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.Issue;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.async.AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+public class JiraClient {
+
+    private static final String USERNAME = "jira.user";
+    private static final String PASSWORD = "secret";
+    private static final String JIRA_URL = "http://jira.company.com";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        final Issue issue = new JiraClient().getIssue("MYKEY-1234");
+        System.out.println(issue.getDescription());
+    }
+
+    private Issue getIssue(String issueKey) {
+        JiraRestClient restClient = getJiraRestClient();
+        Issue issue = restClient.getIssueClient().getIssue(issueKey).claim();
+
+        closeRestClient(restClient);
+        return issue;
+    }
+
+    private JiraRestClient getJiraRestClient() {
+        JiraRestClientFactory factory = new AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory();
+
+        URI jiraServerUri = getJiraUri();
+        return factory
+          .createWithBasicHttpAuthentication(jiraServerUri, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
+    }
+
+    private URI getJiraUri() {
+        URI jiraServerUri = null;
+        try {
+            jiraServerUri = new URI(JIRA_URL);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return jiraServerUri;
+    }
+
+    private void closeRestClient(JiraRestClient restClient) {
+        try {
+            restClient.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}