diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 89401ada6..74cbe199b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Maneesh Sahu
 Marcel Schutte
 Marcus Börger
 Mariusz Nowostawski
+Mark Hecker
 Martijn Kruithof
 Martin Landers
 Martin Poeschl
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 0e1e84ffe..1f5b0c895 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * Using <macrodef> could break XmlLogger. Bugzilla Report 28993.
 
+* <genkey> no longer requires keytool to be in your PATH.  Bugzilla
+  Report 29382.
+
 Other changes:
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 * doc fix concerning the dependencies of the ftp task
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
index e92362b2c..1db939546 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GenerateKey.java
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public class GenerateKey extends Task {
 
         log("Generating Key for " + alias);
         final ExecTask cmd = (ExecTask) getProject().createTask("exec");
-        cmd.setExecutable("keytool");
+        cmd.setExecutable(JavaEnvUtils.getJdkExecutable("keytool"));
         Commandline.Argument arg = cmd.createArg();
         arg.setLine(sb.toString());
         cmd.setFailonerror(true);