diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
index 700c72890..bd017941b 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@
     <testSourceDirectory>../../../../src/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
     <outputDirectory>../../../../target/ant-launcher/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>../../../../target/ant-launcher/testcases</testOutputDirectory>
+    <directory>../../../../target/ant-launcher</directory>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
index 871e6d8f6..c22b062dc 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   <groupId>ant</groupId>
   <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
   <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <description>ant.jar contains the ant framework, except a few classes which are in ant-launcher it
-    also contains the implementation and API of the core tasks and types. </description>
+  <name>org.apache.tools.ant</name>
+  <description>Apache Ant</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <!-- the implementation jar of the xerces jar will be used by ant to parse
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
       <filter>.build.timestamp.properties</filter>
     </filters>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
@@ -57,8 +63,9 @@
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
                 <tstamp/>
-                <touch file=".build.timestamp.properties" />
-                <echo file=".build.timestamp.properties" append="false" 
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}"/>
+                <touch file="${project.build.directory}/.build.timestamp.properties" />
+                <echo file="${project.build.directory}/.build.timestamp.properties" append="false" 
                   message="TODAY=${TODAY}" />
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <tasks>
-                <delete file=".build.timestamp.properties" />
+                <delete file="${project.build.directory}/.build.timestamp.properties" />
               </tasks>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -134,5 +141,6 @@
     </resources>
     <outputDirectory>../../../../target/ant/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>../../../../target/ant/testcases</testOutputDirectory>
+    <directory>../../../../target/ant</directory>
   </build>
 </project>