diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index a45eb99e5..8b0029432 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 
+ * Subclasses of JUnitTask did not correctly find junit.jar.
+   Bugzilla Report 53571.
+
  * External XML catalog resolver failed to use project basedir when given an
    unmentioned relative path like the internal resolver does.
    Bugzilla Report 52754.
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 88d35c740..cce1256e1 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
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ public class JUnitTask extends Task {
                 + resource;
         }
 
-        File f = LoaderUtils.getResourceSource(getClass().getClassLoader(),
+        File f = LoaderUtils.getResourceSource(JUnitTask.class.getClassLoader(),
                                                resource);
         if (f != null) {
             log("Found " + f.getAbsolutePath(), Project.MSG_DEBUG);