  Single epoch K-band photometry of 32 RR Lyrae stars in the young galactic
globular cluster IC4499 is presented. The mean magnitudes have been estimated
using the K-band template light-curves of Jones, Carney and Fulbright (1996).
We derive an independent estimate of the distance and reddening for the cluster
based on the new <Mk>-logP-[Fe/H] relation from Bono et al.(2003) which has a
zero-point in agreement with the canonical LMC distance of (m-M)0 = 18.5. For
an assumed metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.65+-0.1 we find (m-M)0 = 16.47+-0.04+-0.06
(random and systematic errors respectively) and E(B-V)=0.24+-0.03 in good
agreement with the findings of Walker and Nemec (1996) based on optical data.
The distance estimate is very robust to uncertainties in the reddening estimate
but naturally depends directly on the adopted zero-point of the
<Mk>-logP-[Fe/H] relation.
