diff --git a/docs/manual/running.html b/docs/manual/running.html
index 1d6479e8e..bc6237e22 100644
--- a/docs/manual/running.html
+++ b/docs/manual/running.html
@@ -106,12 +106,16 @@ during the execution of Ant.  See the next section for example.</p>
 set):</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li><code>JAVACMD</code> full path of the Java executable.  Use this
+  <li><code>JAVACMD</code> - full path of the Java executable.  Use this
   to invoke a different JVM than <code>JAVA_HOME/bin/java(.exe)</code>.</li>
 
-  <li><code>ANT_OPTS</code> command line arguments that should be
-  passed to the JVM - for example, you can define properties or set
+  <li><code>ANT_OPTS</code> - command-line arguments that should be
+  passed to the JVM. For example, you can define properties or set
   the maximum Java heap size here.</li>
+
+  <li><code>ANT_ARGS</code> - Ant command-line arguments. For example,
+  set <code>ANT_ARGS</code> to point to a different logger and to
+  include the <code>-find</code> flag.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Running Ant by Hand</h2>
diff --git a/src/script/ant b/src/script/ant
index 365f90049..cb3bb5137 100644
--- a/src/script/ant
+++ b/src/script/ant
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ if $cygwin; then
   LOCALCLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$LOCALCLASSPATH"`
 fi
 
-$JAVACMD -classpath "$LOCALCLASSPATH" -Dant.home="${ANT_HOME}" $ANT_OPTS org.apache.tools.ant.Main "$@"
+$JAVACMD -classpath "$LOCALCLASSPATH" -Dant.home="${ANT_HOME}" $ANT_OPTS org.apache.tools.ant.Main $ANT_ARGS "$@"
diff --git a/src/script/ant.bat b/src/script/ant.bat
index 81a2835be..261cf1ef5 100755
--- a/src/script/ant.bat
+++ b/src/script/ant.bat
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ echo.
 if not "%JIKESPATH%" == "" goto runAntWithJikes
 
 :runAnt
-"%_JAVACMD%" -classpath "%LOCALCLASSPATH%" -Dant.home="%ANT_HOME%" %ANT_OPTS% org.apache.tools.ant.Main %ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%_JAVACMD%" -classpath "%LOCALCLASSPATH%" -Dant.home="%ANT_HOME%" %ANT_OPTS% org.apache.tools.ant.Main %ANT_ARGS% %ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 goto end
 
 :runAntWithJikes
-"%_JAVACMD%" -classpath "%LOCALCLASSPATH%" -Dant.home="%ANT_HOME%" -Djikes.class.path="%JIKESPATH%" %ANT_OPTS% org.apache.tools.ant.Main %ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%_JAVACMD%" -classpath "%LOCALCLASSPATH%" -Dant.home="%ANT_HOME%" -Djikes.class.path="%JIKESPATH%" %ANT_OPTS% org.apache.tools.ant.Main %ANT_ARGS% %ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 
 :end
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=
diff --git a/src/script/runant.pl b/src/script/runant.pl
index a2cc523e7..9535cfa7f 100644
--- a/src/script/runant.pl
+++ b/src/script/runant.pl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $JAVACMD = "java" if $JAVACMD eq "";
 #and perl is not too hot at hinting which box it is on.
 #here I assume ":" 'cept on win32 and dos. Add extra tests here as needed.
 my $s=":";
-if(($^O eq "MSWin32") || ($^O eq "dos"))
+if(($^O eq "MSWin32") || ($^O eq "dos") || ($^O eq "cygwin"))
         {
         $s=";";
         }
@@ -101,19 +101,21 @@ else
                 "to the installation directory of java\n";
         }
 
+#set JVM options and Ant arguments, if any
+my @ANT_OPTS=split(" ", $ENV{ANT_OPTS});
+my @ANT_ARGS=split(" ", $ENV{ANT_ARGS});
+
 #jikes
-my @ANT_OPTS=split $ENV{ANT_OPTS};
 if($ENV{JIKESPATH} ne "")
         {
         push @ANT_OPTS, "-Djikes.class.path=$ENV{JIKESPATH}";
         }
 
 #construct arguments to java
-
 my @ARGS;
 push @ARGS, "-classpath", "$localpath", "-Dant.home=$HOME";
 push @ARGS, @ANT_OPTS;
-push @ARGS, "org.apache.tools.ant.Main";
+push @ARGS, "org.apache.tools.ant.Main", @ANT_ARGS;
 push @ARGS, @ARGV;
 
 print "\n $JAVACMD @ARGS\n\n" if ($debug);