diff --git a/jcoverage/plugin.jelly b/jcoverage/plugin.jelly
index cb9c4aac..34f97929 100644
--- a/jcoverage/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jcoverage/plugin.jelly
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('jcoverage')}"/>
     <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('oro')}"/>
     <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('junit')}"/>
+    <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xerces:xercesImpl')}"/>
+    <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xerces:xmlParserAPIs')}"/>
   </ant:path>
 
   <ant:taskdef classpath="${plugin.getDependencyPath('jcoverage')}" resource="tasks.properties" />
diff --git a/jcoverage/project.xml b/jcoverage/project.xml
index b1ba77e9..8b6c8c24 100644
--- a/jcoverage/project.xml
+++ b/jcoverage/project.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@
       <version>1.1.2a</version>
       <url>http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/xgws/xsoap/xpp/</url>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
+      <url>http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html</url>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xmlParserAPIs</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
+      <url>http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html</url>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-log</artifactId>
diff --git a/jcoverage/xdocs/changes.xml b/jcoverage/xdocs/changes.xml
index e14ff6b4..a6a3127d 100644
--- a/jcoverage/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jcoverage/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
   <body>
     <release version="1.0.3" date="In CVS">
+      <action dev="evenisse" type="fix">
+        Apply MPJCOVERAGE-3.
+      </action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.0.2" date="2003-12-17">
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix">
