diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 88a9191c2..edce6daa8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -537,12 +537,25 @@
     </javac>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="dump-info">
+    <echo message="java.vm.info=${java.vm.info}" />
+    <echo message="java.vm.name=${java.vm.name}" />
+    <echo message="java.vm.vendor=${java.vm.vendor}" />
+    <echo message="java.vm.version=${java.vm.version}" />
+    <echo message="os.arch=${os.arch}" />
+    <echo message="os.name=${os.name}" />
+    <echo message="os.version=${os.version}" />
+    <echo message="file.encoding=${file.encoding}" />
+    <echo message="user.language=${user.language}" />
+  </target>
+
   <!-- 
        =================================================================== 
          Run testcase                                                        
        =================================================================== 
   -->
-  <target name="run-tests" depends="compile-tests" if="junit.present">
+  <target name="run-tests" depends="dump-info,compile-tests" if="junit.present">
+
 
     <junit printsummary="no" haltonfailure="yes" fork="${junit.fork}">
       <jvmarg value="-classic"/>
@@ -602,4 +615,4 @@
   -->
   <target name="main" depends="dist-lite"/>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>