diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 64fbffa02..9ffb30aaf 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@
   <patternset id="teststhatfail">
     <exclude name="${optional.package}/BeanShellScriptTest.java"/>
     <exclude name="${ant.package}/taskdefs/ImportTest.java"/>
-    <exclude name="${ant.package}/TaskContainerTest.java"/>
   </patternset>
 
   <!--
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java b/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java
index 0a0f3c865..60e50cd12 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.TaskContainer;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Echo;
 import java.util.*;
 
 public class SpecialSeq extends Task implements TaskContainer {
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ public class SpecialSeq extends Task implements TaskContainer {
 
     private FileSet fileset;
     
+    private Echo nestedEcho;
+    
     /**
      * Add a nested task.
      * <p>
@@ -79,13 +82,22 @@ public class SpecialSeq extends Task implements TaskContainer {
      * Execute all nestedTasks.
      */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
+        if (fileset == null || fileset.getDir(getProject()) == null) {
+            throw new BuildException("Fileset was not configured");
+        }
         for (Enumeration e = nestedTasks.elements(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
             Task nestedTask = (Task) e.nextElement();
             nestedTask.perform();
         }
+        nestedEcho.reconfigure();
+        nestedEcho.perform();
     }
 
     public void addFileset(FileSet fileset) {
         this.fileset = fileset;
     }
+    
+    public void addNested(Echo nestedEcho) {
+        this.nestedEcho = nestedEcho;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml b/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
index 4b077a009..8af9600d7 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
     <sequential>    
       <taskdef name="sseq" classpath="${build.dir}" classname="test.SpecialSeq"/>
       <sseq>
+        <fileset dir="."/>
         <property name="foo" value="it worked"/>
         <echo message="As attribute: ${foo}"/>
         <echo>As nested text: ${foo}</echo>
+        <nested message="As nested task: ${foo}"/>
       </sseq>
     </sequential>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
index aab1d4f1c..2ef44675b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/IntrospectionHelper.java
@@ -577,7 +577,8 @@ public class IntrospectionHelper implements BuildListener {
      * @return true if the given nested element is supported
      */
     public boolean supportsNestedElement(String elementName) {
-        return nestedCreators.containsKey(elementName);
+        return nestedCreators.containsKey(elementName) ||
+            DynamicConfigurator.class.isAssignableFrom(bean);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.java
index dadc95373..5ba0a67c3 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/RuntimeConfigurable.java
@@ -336,18 +336,9 @@ public class RuntimeConfigurable implements Serializable {
                 childTask.setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(child);
             }
 
-            if (configureChildren) {
-                if (child.wrappedObject instanceof Task) {
-                    Task childTask = (Task) child.wrappedObject;
-                    
-                    // we don't configure tasks of task containers These
-                    // we be configured at the time they are used.
-                    if (!(target instanceof TaskContainer)) {
-                        childTask.maybeConfigure();
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    child.maybeConfigure(p);
-                }
+            if (configureChildren 
+                && ih.supportsNestedElement(child.getElementTag())) {
+                child.maybeConfigure(p);
                 Object container = wrappedObject;
                 if (container instanceof TaskAdapter) {
                     container = ((TaskAdapter) container).getProxy();
@@ -363,4 +354,12 @@ public class RuntimeConfigurable implements Serializable {
         }
         proxyConfigured = true;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Reconfigure the element, even if it has already been configured.
+     */
+    public void reconfigure(Project p) {
+        proxyConfigured = false;
+        maybeConfigure(p);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
index a42b2caa1..a4ef3e2ab 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Task.java
@@ -293,6 +293,16 @@ public abstract class Task extends ProjectComponent {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Force the task to be reconfigured from it's RuntimeConfigurable
+     *
+     */
+    public void reconfigure() {
+        if (wrapper != null) {
+            wrapper.reconfigure(getProject());
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Handles a line of output by logging it with the INFO priority.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java
index d9b5a03f3..caa9782f9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/UnknownElement.java
@@ -127,12 +127,7 @@ public class UnknownElement extends Task {
         if (realThing instanceof Task) {
             Task task = (Task) realThing;
 
-            task.setProject(project);
             task.setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(getWrapper());
-            task.setLocation(this.getLocation());
-            // UnknownElement always has an associated target
-            task.setOwningTarget(this.getOwningTarget());
-            task.init();
 
             // For Script to work. Ugly
             // The reference is replaced by RuntimeConfigurable
@@ -272,38 +267,26 @@ public class UnknownElement extends Task {
             UnknownElement child = (UnknownElement) children.elementAt(i);
             Object realChild = null;
 
-            if (!ih.supportsNestedElement(child.getTag()) 
-                && parent instanceof TaskContainer) {
-                realChild = makeTask(child, childWrapper);
-
-                if (realChild == null) {
-                    ih.throwNotSupported(getProject(), parent, child.getTag());
-                }
-
-                // XXX DataTypes will be wrapped or treated like normal components
-                if (realChild instanceof Task) {
-                    Task task = (Task) realChild;
-                    ((TaskContainer) parent).addTask(task);
-                    task.setLocation(child.getLocation());
-                    // UnknownElement always has an associated target
-                    task.setOwningTarget(this.getOwningTarget());
-                    task.init();
-                } else {
-                    // should not happen
-                    ih.throwNotSupported(getProject(), parent, child.getTag());
-                }
-            } else {
+            if (ih.supportsNestedElement(child.getTag())) { 
                 realChild 
                     = ih.createElement(getProject(), parent, child.getTag());
-            }
-
-            childWrapper.setProxy(realChild);
-            if (parent instanceof TaskContainer 
-                && realChild instanceof Task) {
-                ((Task) realChild).setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(childWrapper);
-            }
+                childWrapper.setProxy(realChild);
+                if (realChild instanceof Task) {
+                    Task childTask = (Task) realChild;
+                    childTask.setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper(childWrapper);
+                    childTask.setTaskName(child.getTag());
+                    childTask.setTaskType(child.getTag());
+                }
+                child.handleChildren(realChild, childWrapper);
 
-            child.handleChildren(realChild, childWrapper);
+            } else if (!(parent instanceof TaskContainer)) {
+                ih.throwNotSupported(getProject(), parent, child.getTag());
+            } else {
+                // a task container - anything could happen - just add the 
+                // child to the container
+                TaskContainer container = (TaskContainer) parent;
+                container.addTask(child);
+            }                
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
index 50fbd1205..26726b92f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/helper/ProjectHelper2.java
@@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ public class ProjectHelper2 extends ProjectHelper {
                                    AntXMLContext context)
             throws SAXParseException {
             RuntimeConfigurable parentWrapper = context.currentWrapper();
-            RuntimeConfigurable wrapper = null;
             Object parent = null;
 
             if (parentWrapper != null) {
@@ -796,7 +795,8 @@ public class ProjectHelper2 extends ProjectHelper {
             // container.addTask(task);
             // This is a nop in UE: task.init();
 
-            wrapper = new RuntimeConfigurable(task, task.getTaskName());
+            RuntimeConfigurable wrapper 
+                = new RuntimeConfigurable(task, task.getTaskName());
 
             for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
                 wrapper.setAttribute(attrs.getQName(i),
@@ -852,10 +852,5 @@ public class ProjectHelper2 extends ProjectHelper {
         public void onEndElement(String uri, String tag, AntXMLContext context) {
             context.popWrapper();
         }
-
-        public void onEndChild(String uri, String tag, String qname,
-                                     AntXMLContext context)
-            throws SAXParseException {
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
index 59d26af72..5bafda26c 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public class TaskContainerTest extends BuildFileTest {
                    getLog().indexOf("As attribute: it worked") > -1);
         assertTrue("nested text worked",
                    getLog().indexOf("As nested text: it worked") > -1);
+        assertTrue("nested text worked",
+                   getLog().indexOf("As nested task: it worked") > -1);
     }
 
 }