diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/AntClassLoader.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/AntClassLoader.java
index b7545346d..26464ca6a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/AntClassLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/AntClassLoader.java
@@ -1456,4 +1456,14 @@ public class AntClassLoader extends ClassLoader implements SubBuildListener {
         return "AntClassLoader[" + getClasspath() + "]";
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Factory method
+     */
+    public static AntClassLoader newAntClassLoader(ClassLoader parent,
+                                                   Project project,
+                                                   Path path,
+                                                   boolean parentFirst) {
+        return new AntClassLoader(parent, project, path, parentFirst);
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index b218b6f1d..52c9746a2 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ public class Project implements ResourceFactory {
      * @return an appropriate classloader.
      */
     public AntClassLoader createClassLoader(Path path) {
-        return new AntClassLoader(
-            getClass().getClassLoader(), this, path);
+        return AntClassLoader
+            .newAntClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader(), this, path, true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ public class Project implements ResourceFactory {
      */
     public AntClassLoader createClassLoader(
         ClassLoader parent, Path path) {
-        return new AntClassLoader(parent, this, path);
+        return AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader(parent, this, path, true);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
index b977f48c7..19d8e5a7e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class Classloader extends Task {
                     + parent + " " + parentFirst, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
 
                 // The param is "parentFirst"
-                acl = new AntClassLoader((ClassLoader) parent,
+                acl = AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader((ClassLoader) parent,
                          getProject(), classpath, parentFirst);
 
                 getProject().addReference(loaderName, acl);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WhichResource.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WhichResource.java
index e24819ba4..e666914d4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WhichResource.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WhichResource.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class WhichResource extends Task {
             getProject().log("using system classpath: " + classpath, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
         }
         AntClassLoader loader;
-        loader = new AntClassLoader(getProject().getCoreLoader(),
+        loader = AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader(getProject().getCoreLoader(),
                     getProject(),
                     classpath, false);
         String loc = null;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/javacc/JavaCC.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/javacc/JavaCC.java
index 9df3d910e..22d25b544 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/javacc/JavaCC.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/javacc/JavaCC.java
@@ -411,8 +411,11 @@ public class JavaCC extends Task {
         String packagePrefix = null;
         String mainClass = null;
 
-        AntClassLoader l = new AntClassLoader();
-        l.setClassPath(path.concatSystemClasspath("ignore"));
+        AntClassLoader l =
+            AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader(null, null,
+                                             path
+                                             .concatSystemClasspath("ignore"),
+                                             true);
         String javaccClass = COM_PACKAGE + COM_JAVACC_CLASS;
         InputStream is = l.getResourceAsStream(javaccClass.replace('.', '/')
                                                + ".class");
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
index 07c7b7983..46f13ac2a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/JUnitTask.java
@@ -1131,8 +1131,9 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task {
         if (!cmd.haveClasspath()) {
             return;
         }
-        AntClassLoader loader = new AntClassLoader(
-            getProject(), cmd.createClasspath(getProject()));
+        AntClassLoader loader = AntClassLoader.newAntClassLoader(null,
+            getProject(), cmd.createClasspath(getProject()),
+            true);
         String projectResourceName = LoaderUtils.classNameToResource(
             Project.class.getName());
         URL previous = null;