diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AbstractJarSignerTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AbstractJarSignerTask.java
index bef0a8ee4..e9e8f16c9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AbstractJarSignerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/AbstractJarSignerTask.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJarSignerTask extends Task {
      */
     private String providerName, providerClass, providerArg;
 
-    private List<Commandline.Argument> additionalArgs = new ArrayList();
+    private List<Commandline.Argument> additionalArgs = new ArrayList<Commandline.Argument>();
 
     /**
      * Set the maximum memory to be used by the jarsigner process