diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index 952e92d9e..4704b3ba4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteWatchdog;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.LogOutputStream;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.LogStreamHandler;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Assertions;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Commandline;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.CommandlineJava;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute;
@@ -560,6 +561,15 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task {
         this.showOutput = showOutput;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Assertions to enable in this program (if fork=true)
+     * @since Ant 1.6
+     * @param asserts assertion set 
+     */
+    public void setAssertions(Assertions asserts) {
+        commandline.setAssertions(asserts);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new JUnitRunner and enables fork of a new Java VM.
      *