diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d527c246e..81555b2d2 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ Other changes:
 * The OS/2 wrapper scripts have been adapted to use the new launcher.
   Bugzilla Report 28226.
 
+* <sshexec> now also captures stderr output.  Bugzilla Report 28349.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.0 to Ant 1.6.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
index 892a2c23e..dd6a4b2a6 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ public class SSHExec extends SSHBase {
             final ChannelExec channel = (ChannelExec) session.openChannel("exec");
             channel.setCommand(command);
             channel.setOutputStream(tee);
+            channel.setExtOutputStream(tee);
             channel.connect();
 
             // wait for it to finish