diff --git a/doc/type/dependency.txt b/doc/type/dependency.txt
index b65a7615..774570aa 100644
--- a/doc/type/dependency.txt
+++ b/doc/type/dependency.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ Data type: dependency
 [[type:Package]]s can depend on other packages.
 For example a [[type:stylesheet]] needs a particular version of the corresponding [[type:game]] package, and maybe some additional [[type:include]]s.
 
---Proeprties--
+--Properties--
 ! Property	Type			Description
 | @package@	[[type:string]]		Filename of the package this package depends on.
 | @version@	[[type:version]]	Minimal version of that package that is required.
 
+The two properties can also be written on a single line, separated by a space (see the examples).
+
 --Example--
 The magic-new stylesheet depends on a particular version of the game file:
 >depends on:
 >	package: magic.mse-game
 >	version: 2007-06-06
+This can be written more compactly as
+>depends on: magic.mse-game 2007-06-06
diff --git a/src/mse.vcproj b/src/mse.vcproj
index 8c2f38be..c147da98 100644
--- a/src/mse.vcproj
+++ b/src/mse.vcproj
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@
 				<File
 					RelativePath=".\gui\control\package_list.hpp">
 				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath=".\gui\control\tree_list.cpp">
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath=".\gui\control\tree_list.hpp">
+				</File>
 				<Filter
 					Name="card_list"
 					Filter="">
diff --git a/src/util/io/package.cpp b/src/util/io/package.cpp
index 13ee9c5a..a5d5d56a 100644
--- a/src/util/io/package.cpp
+++ b/src/util/io/package.cpp
@@ -436,9 +436,25 @@ String Package::toStandardName(const String& name) {
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Packaged
 
-IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(PackageDependency) {
-	REFLECT(package);
-	REFLECT(version);
+template <> void Reader::handle(PackageDependency& dep) {
+	if (!isComplex()) {
+		handle(dep.package);
+		size_t pos = dep.package.find_first_of(_(' '));
+		if (pos != String::npos) {
+			dep.version = Version::fromString(dep.package.substr(pos+1));
+			dep.package = dep.package.substr(0,pos);
+		}
+	} else {
+		handle(_("package"), dep.package);
+		handle(_("version"), dep.version);
+	}
+}
+template <> void Writer::handle(const PackageDependency& dep) {
+	if (dep.version != Version()) {
+		handle(dep.package + _(" ") + dep.version.toString());
+	} else {
+		handle(dep.package);
+	}
 }
 
 // note: reflection must be declared before it is used