diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.bat b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.bat
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ae9ffc17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@echo off
+
+set OLDCLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%
+set REAL_ANT_HOME=%ANT_HOME%
+set ANT_HOME=bootstrap
+if exist bootstrap\lib\ant.jar if exist bootstrap\bin\ant.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\antRun.bat goto runAnt
+call bootstrap.bat
+if exist bootstrap\lib\ant.jar if exist bootstrap\bin\ant.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\antRun.bat goto runAnt
+echo Bootstrap FAILED
+goto cleanup
+
+:runAnt
+set LOCALCLASSPATH=lib\crimson.jar;bootstrap\lib\ant.jar
+for %%i in (lib\optional\*.jar) do call bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat %%i
+set CLASSPATH=lib\optional\xalanj1compat.jar;%LOCALCLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%
+set LOCALCLASSPATH=
+
+if not "%REAL_ANT_HOME%" == "" goto install_ant
+call bootstrap\bin\ant.bat -emacs %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+goto cleanup
+
+:install_ant
+call bootstrap\bin\ant.bat -emacs -Dant.install="%REAL_ANT_HOME%" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+
+rem clean up
+:cleanup
+set ANT_HOME=%REAL_ANT_HOME%
+set REAL_ANT_HOME=
+set CLASSPATH=%OLDCLASSPATH%
+set OLDCLASSPATH=
diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.sh b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f15a7e7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cygwin=false;
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+esac
+
+PWD=`pwd`
+if $cygwin ; then
+    PWD=`cygpath --windows "$PWD"`
+fi
+
+cd ../../..
+/bin/sh ./build.sh -buildfile $PWD/build.xml $*
+cd $PWD
+
diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.xml b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4516a92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/sandbox/junit/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<project name="junit-proposal" basedir="." default="compile">
+  <property file=".ant.properties"/>
+  <property file="${user.home}/.ant.properties"/>
+  
+  <!--property name="build.sysclasspath" value="ignore"/-->
+  <property name="build.compiler" value="jikes"/>
+  <!--property name="build.compiler.emacs" value="on"/-->
+  <property name="build.compiler.pedantic" value="true"/>
+  <property name="build.compiler.depend" value="true"/>
+  <property name="build.compiler.fulldepend" value="true"/>
+
+  <property name="debug" value="on"/>
+  <property name="optimize" value="off"/>
+  <property name="deprecation" value="on"/>
+
+  <property name="build.dir" value="build"/>
+  <property name="build.lib" value="${build.dir}/lib"/>
+  <property name="build.src" value="${build.dir}/src"/>
+  <property name="build.classes" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+
+  <property name="java.dir" value="src/java"/>
+  <property name="tests.dir" value="src/testcases"/>
+  <property name="ant.base.dir" location="../../.."/>
+  <property name="lib.dir" location="${ant.base.dir}/lib"/>
+  <property name="bootstrap.dir" location="${ant.base.dir}/bootstrap"/>
+  
+  <path id="project.class.path">
+    <pathelement path="${build.classes}" />
+    <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
+    <fileset dir="${bootstrap.dir}/lib" includes="ant.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+
+  <target name="compile"
+          description="--> compile the source code">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.classes}"/>
+    <javac srcdir="src/main"
+           destdir="${build.classes}"
+           debug="${debug}"
+           optimize="${optimize}"
+           deprecation="${deprecation}"
+           includeantruntime="no">
+      <classpath refid="project.class.path"/>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+  
+
+  <target name="clean"
+          description="--> cleans up build and dist directories">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
+    <delete>
+      <fileset dir="." includes="**/*.bak" defaultexcludes="no"/>
+    </delete>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
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