diff --git a/ant/plugin.jelly b/ant/plugin.jelly
index 82cdf80b..659187d8 100644
--- a/ant/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ant/plugin.jelly
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 <project 
   xmlns:j="jelly:core" 
-  xmlns:u="jelly:util">
+  xmlns:u="jelly:util"
+  xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
 
   <!-- ================================================================== -->
   <!-- A N T  B U I L D  G E N E R A T O R                                -->
@@ -22,8 +23,13 @@
     name="ant:generate-build"
     description="Generate an Ant build file">
 
+    <tstamp />
     <j:file name="${maven.ant.generatebuild.file}" prettyPrint="true">
     <j:whitespace xmlns="dummy">
+<x:comment>
+  build.xml generated by maven from project.xml version ${pom.currentVersion}
+  on date ${TODAY}, time ${TSTAMP}
+</x:comment>
 <project name="${pom.artifactId}" default="jar" basedir=".">
   
   <property name="defaulttargetdir" value="target"/> 
diff --git a/ant/project.xml b/ant/project.xml
index 2a7a4d98..17629420 100644
--- a/ant/project.xml
+++ b/ant/project.xml
@@ -42,5 +42,18 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
   
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+
 </project>