diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelant.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelant.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed95260bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelant.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="ant-test" basedir="." default="bar">
+  <ant antfile="toplevelant.xml" target="foo"/>
+
+  <target name="foo"/>
+  <target name="bar"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelantcall.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelantcall.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94cecd308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelantcall.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="ant-test" basedir="." default="bar">
+  <antcall target="foo"/>
+
+  <target name="foo"/>
+  <target name="bar"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelsubant.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelsubant.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f04140e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/toplevelsubant.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project name="ant-test" basedir="." default="bar">
+  <subant target="foo">
+    <fileset dir="." includes="toplevelsubant.xml"/>
+  </subant>
+
+  <target name="foo"/>
+  <target name="bar"/>
+</project>