diff --git a/java/src/org/apache/env/WhichXerces.java b/java/src/org/apache/env/WhichXerces.java
index 6d6e5e1..333f019 100644
--- a/java/src/org/apache/env/WhichXerces.java
+++ b/java/src/org/apache/env/WhichXerces.java
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ public class WhichXerces implements WhichProject
     /** The Xerces-J implementation jar. */
     private static final String XERCES_JARNAME = "xerces.jar";
 
+    /** The new Xerces-J implementation jar. */
+    private static final String XERCESIMPL_JARNAME = "xercesImpl.jar";
+
     /** The Xerces-J 2.x xmlParserAPIs jar. */
     private static final String PARSERAPIS_JARNAME = "xmlParserAPIs.jar";
 
@@ -153,12 +156,20 @@ public class WhichXerces implements WhichProject
             xerces2found = WhichConstant.ITEM_NOTFOUND;
         }
 
-        // Try to find xerces.jar in the classpath, etc.
+        // Try to find EITHER xerces.jar OR xercesImpl.jar in 
+        //  the classpath - take the min() of these, since 
+        //  if we find either one it should be OK
         int jarRetVal = WhichJar.searchClasspaths(hash, XERCES_JARNAME,
                                                   options);
+        jarRetVal = Math.min(jarRetVal, WhichJar.searchClasspaths(
+                hash, XERCESIMPL_JARNAME, options));
+
         int ignoreThisReturnValue = WhichJar.searchClasspaths(hash,
                                         PARSERAPIS_JARNAME, options);
 
-        return Math.max(jarRetVal, Math.max(xerces1found, xerces1found));
+        // Report OK if either version of xerces was found
+        int anyXercesFound = Math.min(xerces1found, xerces2found);
+                                        
+        return Math.max(jarRetVal, anyXercesFound);
     }
 }