diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 94057bfa7..5a6a772f1 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <!-- Give user a chance to override without editing this file 
        (and without typing -D each time it compiles it) -->
   <property file="${user.home}/.ant.properties" />
+  <property file=".ant.properties" />
 
   <property name="Name" value="Ant"/>
   <property name="name" value="ant"/>