diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index dd5f77880..268a994a1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Bruce Atherton
 Charles Hudak
 Charlie Hubbard
 Chris Povirk
+Christian Knorr
 Christoph Wilhelms
 Christophe Labouisse
 Christopher A. Longo
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index ba0d5d748..c35d7e1ac 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * <telnet> and <rexec> didn't close the session.  Bugzilla Report 25935.
 
+* <subant> and XmlLogger didn't play nicley together.
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 * doc fix concerning the dependencies of the ftp task
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
index 6c109565f..ba03b3719 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class SubAnt
 
     private Path buildpath;
 
+    private Ant ant = null;
     private String target = null;
     private String antfile = "build.xml";
     private File genericantfile = null;
@@ -72,6 +73,90 @@ public class SubAnt
     private Vector properties = new Vector();
     private Vector references = new Vector();
     private Vector propertySets = new Vector();
+
+    /**
+     * Pass output sent to System.out to the new project.
+     *
+     * @param output a line of output
+     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     */
+    public void handleOutput(String output) {
+        if (ant != null) {
+            ant.handleOutput(output);
+        } else {
+            super.handleOutput(output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Process input into the ant task
+     *
+     * @param buffer the buffer into which data is to be read.
+     * @param offset the offset into the buffer at which data is stored.
+     * @param length the amount of data to read
+     *
+     * @return the number of bytes read
+     *
+     * @exception IOException if the data cannot be read
+     *
+     * @see Task#handleInput(byte[], int, int)
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     */
+    public int handleInput(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
+        throws IOException {
+        if (ant != null) {
+            return ant.handleInput(buffer, offset, length);
+        } else {
+            return super.handleInput(buffer, offset, length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pass output sent to System.out to the new project.
+     *
+     * @param output The output to log. Should not be <code>null</code>.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     */
+    public void handleFlush(String output) {
+        if (ant != null) {
+            ant.handleFlush(output);
+        } else {
+            super.handleFlush(output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pass output sent to System.err to the new project.
+     *
+     * @param output The error output to log. Should not be <code>null</code>.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     */
+    public void handleErrorOutput(String output) {
+        if (ant != null) {
+            ant.handleErrorOutput(output);
+        } else {
+            super.handleErrorOutput(output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pass output sent to System.err to the new project.
+     *
+     * @param output The error output to log. Should not be <code>null</code>.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     */
+    public void handleErrorFlush(String output) {
+        if (ant != null) {
+            ant.handleErrorFlush(output);
+        } else {
+            super.handleErrorFlush(output);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Runs the various sub-builds.
      */
@@ -167,7 +252,7 @@ public class SubAnt
             return;
         }
 
-        Ant ant = createAntTask(directory);
+        ant = createAntTask(directory);
         String antfilename = null;
         try {
             antfilename = file.getCanonicalPath();
@@ -193,7 +278,9 @@ public class SubAnt
                 + "' of: " + antfilename + "\n"
                 + e.toString(),
                 Project.MSG_WARN);
-        }
+        } finally {
+            ant = null;
+        }        
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/XMLFragment.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/XMLFragment.java
index 7d419e00c..ba714cd0a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/XMLFragment.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/XMLFragment.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class XMLFragment implements DynamicConfiguratorNS {
         }
     }
 
-   public class Child implements DynamicConfiguratorNS {
+    public class Child implements DynamicConfiguratorNS {
         private Element e;
 
         Child(Element e) {