diff --git a/check.xml b/check.xml
index d6b21e601..d93a6340c 100755
--- a/check.xml
+++ b/check.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,78 @@
       <condition><not><isset property="path"/></not></condition>
     </fail>
   	<fixcrlf srcdir="src/main" includes="${path}" javafiles="yes" tab="remove" tablength="4"/>
-  </target>	
-	
-</project>
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+  </target>
+
+
+
+
+
+  <property name="findbugs.reportdir" 
+            location="${build.dir}/reports/findbugs" 
+            description="Where to store Findbugs results"/>
+  <property name="findbugs.raw"       
+            value="raw.xml" 
+            description="Findbugs Output xml-file"/>
+  <property name="findbugs.plugins"   
+            value="" 
+            description="Which Findbugs plugin to run"/>
+  <property name="findbugs.xsl"       
+            value="fancy.xsl" 
+            description="Which XSL to use for generating Output: default, fancy, plain, summary"/>
+  <property name="findbugs.jvmargs"   
+            value="-Xms128m -Xmx512m" 
+            description="JVMArgs for invoking Findbugs"/>
+
+
+  
+  <target name="findbugs" description="--> checks Ant codebase with Findbugs" depends="init-ivy" xmlns:fb="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/">
+    <!-- Getting Findbugs -->
+    <!--
+      RFE : [2114752] Put 1.3.5 in Maven repository
+      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2114752&group_id=96405&atid=614693
+      Currently (2008-10-07 the newest one is 1.0.0)
+    -->
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="findbugs" module="findbugs" revision="1.0.0"
+                   inline="true" conf="default" pathid="findbugs.classpath" transitive="true"/>
+    <!-- Findbugs needs Dom4J, but doesnt declare it in its pom -->               
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="dom4j" module="dom4j" revision="1.6.1"
+                   inline="true" conf="default" pathid="dom4j.classpath" transitive="true"/>
+    <!-- Getting Findbugs Plugins -->
+    <ivy:cachepath organisation="findbugs" module="coreplugin" revision="1.0.0"
+                   inline="true" conf="default" pathid="findbugs.plugin.1" transitive="true"/>
+
+    <!-- Create a path using both downloads -->               
+    <path id="findbugs.real.classpath">
+        <path refid="findbugs.classpath"/>
+        <path refid="dom4j.classpath"/>
+    </path>
+    <!-- Path for Findbugs PlugIns -->
+    <path id="findbugs.plugins.classpath">
+        <!--
+        <path refid="findbugs.plugin.1"/>
+        -->
+    </path>
+
+    <!-- Load the Findbugs AntTasks -->               
+    <taskdef uri="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/" resource="edu/umd/cs/findbugs/anttask/tasks.properties" classpathref="findbugs.real.classpath" />
+        
+    <!-- Start Findbugs -->
+    <mkdir dir="${findbugs.reportdir}"/>
+    <fb:findbugs classpathref="findbugs.real.classpath" pluginlist="${findbugs.plugins}"
+              output="xml:withMessages"
+              outputFile="${findbugs.reportdir}/${findbugs.raw}"
+              jvmargs="${findbugs.jvmargs}">
+      <class location="${build.classes}" />
+      <sourcePath path="${java.dir}" />
+      <pluginlist refid="findbugs.plugins.classpath"/>
+    </fb:findbugs>
+    
+    <!-- Generate (human) readable output -->
+    <xslt basedir="${findbugs.reportdir}" includes="${findbugs.raw}" destdir="${findbugs.reportdir}">
+      <style>
+        <javaresource name="${findbugs.xsl}" classpathref="findbugs.real.classpath"/>
+      </style>  
+    </xslt>
+  </target>
+
+</project>