diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 0ceb5f5a8..463c10002 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
   been modified to encode outgoing (InputStream) content as well as encoding
   incoming (OutputStream) content.
 
+* <scriptcondition> now prefers evaluation result/return value over value property.
+
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 * Regression: Locator fails with URI encoding problem when spaces in path
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/AbstractScriptComponent.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/AbstractScriptComponent.java
index 025a57ea8..3c9bd441d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/AbstractScriptComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/AbstractScriptComponent.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tools.ant.types.optional;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
@@ -24,9 +26,6 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.ScriptRunnerBase;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.ScriptRunnerHelper;
 
-
-import java.io.File;
-
 /**
  * This is a {@link ProjectComponent} that has script support built in
  * Use it as a foundation for scriptable things.
@@ -141,4 +140,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractScriptComponent extends ProjectComponent {
     protected void executeScript(String execName) {
         getRunner().executeScript(execName);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Evaluate a script.
+     * @param execName name of the script.
+     * @return the result of the evaluation.
+     */
+    protected Object evaluateScript(String execName) {
+        return getRunner().evaluateScript(execName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/ScriptCondition.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/ScriptCondition.java
index 190cfa698..d5d3ce7d8 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/ScriptCondition.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/ScriptCondition.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class ScriptCondition extends AbstractScriptComponent implements Conditio
      */
     private boolean value = false;
 
-
     /**
      * Is this condition true?
      *
@@ -44,8 +43,8 @@ public class ScriptCondition extends AbstractScriptComponent implements Conditio
      */
     public boolean eval() throws BuildException {
         initScriptRunner();
-        executeScript("ant_condition");
-        return getValue();
+        Object result = evaluateScript("ant_condition");
+        return result instanceof Boolean ? ((Boolean) result).booleanValue() : getValue();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/types/scriptcondition-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/types/scriptcondition-test.xml
index 35c3268a6..5b2bd8693 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/types/scriptcondition-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/types/scriptcondition-test.xml
@@ -70,4 +70,87 @@
       </scriptcondition>
     </f>
   </target>
+
+  <target name="testBeanshellReturnTrue">
+    <t message="testBeanshellReturnTrue">
+      <scriptcondition language="beanshell" value="false">
+        return true;
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testBeanshellReturnFalse">
+    <f message="testBeanshellReturnFalse">
+      <scriptcondition language="beanshell" value="true">
+        return false;
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </f>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testBeanshellReturnOverridesValue">
+    <f message="testBeanshellReturnOverridesValue">
+      <scriptcondition language="beanshell" value="false">
+        self.setValue(true);
+        return false;
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </f>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testBeanshellReturnNullIgnored">
+    <t message="testBeanshellReturnNullIgnored">
+      <scriptcondition language="beanshell" value="true">
+        return null;
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testBeanshellReturnNonBooleanIgnored">
+    <t message="testBeanshellReturnNonBooleanIgnored">
+      <scriptcondition language="beanshell" value="true">
+        return 20;
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testJsReturnTrue">
+    <t message="testJsReturnTrue">
+      <scriptcondition language="javascript" value="false">
+        java.lang.Boolean.TRUE
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testJsReturnFalse">
+    <f message="testJsReturnFalse">
+      <scriptcondition language="javascript" value="true">
+        java.lang.Boolean.FALSE
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </f>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testJsReturnOverridesValue">
+    <f message="testJsReturnOverridesValue">
+      <scriptcondition language="javascript" value="false">
+        self.setValue(true);
+        false
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </f>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testJsReturnNullIgnored">
+    <t message="testJsReturnNullIgnored">
+      <scriptcondition language="javascript" value="true">
+        null
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testJsReturnNonBooleanIgnored">
+    <t message="testJsReturnNonBooleanIgnored">
+      <scriptcondition language="javascript" value="true">
+        new java.lang.Integer(20)
+      </scriptcondition>
+    </t>
+  </target>
+
 </project>