diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7ac205a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (C) 2011, Chris Aniszczyk <caniszczyk@gmail.com>
+   and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
+
+   This program and the accompanying materials are made available
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+   available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+
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+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+    <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test</artifactId>
+  <name>JGit - Ant Tasks Tests</name>
+
+  <description>
+    JUnit tests for the various ant tasks.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+   <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.junit</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.ant</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/</testSourceDirectory>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Xmx256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98f8a02fc..76c0dbe4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http</module>
 
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.test</module>
+    <module>org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test</module>
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.http.test</module>
     <module>org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht.test</module>
   </modules>