diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8ca8598c7..fae4c2b00 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
        ===================================================================
   -->
   <target name="dist-lite"
-    depends="jars"
+    depends="jars,test-jar"
     description="--> creates a minimum distribution to run Apache Ant">
 
     <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b7fc49be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant-testutil/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<!--
+  This POM has been created manually by the Ant Development Team.
+  Please contact us if you are not satisfied with the data contained in this POM.
+  URL : http://ant.apache.org
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ant-parent</artifactId>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ant-testutil</artifactId>
+  <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>test utility classes</description>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.2</source>
+          <target>1.2</target>
+          <includes>
+            <include>org/apache/tools/ant/BuildFileTest*</include>
+            <include>org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherTest*</include>
+            <include>org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpTest*</include>
+            <include>org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/AbstractXSLTLiaisonTest*</include>
+            <include>org/apache/tools/ant/types/AbstractFileSetTest*</include>
+          </includes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    <sourceDirectory>../../../../src/tests/junit</sourceDirectory>
+    <outputDirectory>../../../../target/${project.artifactId}/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <directory>../../../../target/${project.artifactId}</directory>
+  </build>
+  
+</project>