diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/about.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/about.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baaa16520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/about.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE doc PUBLIC
+  "-//stevo//DTD doc 1.0//EN"
+  "nap:chemical+brothers"
+  >
+<doc>
+  <section title="About">
+  in the absence of technology, there is only marketing
+  </section>
+</doc>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.dtd b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.dtd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5ac24fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.dtd
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!ELEMENT doc (section) >
+<!ELEMENT section (#PCDATA)>
+<!ATTLIST section title CDATA #IMPLIED>
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.xsl b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff1d0eb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/doc.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<xsl:stylesheet 
+    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+    xmlns:template="struts template" 
+    version="1.0">
+<xsl:output method="text"/>
+<xsl:template match="/">
+<xsl:value-of select="/doc/section"/>
+</xsl:template> 
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/validate.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/validate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41c7e6b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xml/validate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<project name="validate" default="testValidate" basedir=".">
+
+ <target name="testValidate">
+    <xmlvalidate warn="false">
+      <fileset dir="." includes="about.xml"/>  
+       <dtd publicID="-//stevo//DTD doc 1.0//EN"
+         location="doc.dtd"/>
+    </xmlvalidate>
+  </target>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19ab5bdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<project name="validate" default="testValidate" basedir=".">
+
+  <target name="testValidate">
+    <xmlvalidate warn="false">
+      <fileset dir="xml" includes="**/about.xml"/>  
+       <dtd publicID="-//stevo//DTD doc 1.0//EN"
+         location="xml/doc.dtd"/>
+    </xmlvalidate>
+  </target>
+  
+  <target name="testDeepValidate">
+    <ant dir="xml" 
+      antfile="validate.xml"
+      target="testValidate"/>
+  </target>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b075099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xslt.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<project name="xslt" default="xslt" basedir=".">
+  <target name="init">
+      <mkdir dir="xml/out"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="teardown">
+      <delete dir="xml/out"/>
+  </target>
+  
+  <target name="testCatchNoDtd" depends="init">
+    <style basedir="xml" destdir="xml/out"
+           includes="about.xml"
+           extension=".txt"
+           style="xml/doc.xsl">
+     </style>
+  </target>
+  
+  <xmlcatalog id="xdocs.catalog">
+   <dtd publicID="-//stevo//DTD doc 1.0//EN"
+     location="xml/doc.dtd"/>
+  </xmlcatalog>  
+  
+  <target name="testCatalog" depends="init">
+    <style destdir="xml/out"
+           includes="about.xml"
+           extension=".txt"
+           style="xml/doc.xsl">
+       <xmlcatalog refid="xdocs.catalog"/>
+     </style>
+  </target>
+
+  
+</project>