diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/WeblogicDeploymentTool.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/WeblogicDeploymentTool.java
index 8943a6ca7..f0a418019 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/WeblogicDeploymentTool.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/WeblogicDeploymentTool.java
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public class WeblogicDeploymentTool extends GenericDeploymentTool {
             else {
                 if (!compiler.equals(DEFAULT_COMPILER)) {
                     javaTask.createArg().setValue("-compiler");
-                    javaTask.createArg().setValue(compiler);
+                    javaTask.createArg().setLine(compiler);
                 }
             }
             javaTask.createArg().setValue(sourceJar.getPath());