diff --git a/plexus-component-api-build.xml b/plexus-component-api-build.xml
index 3205eec..734d4cc 100644
--- a/plexus-component-api-build.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-api-build.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,118 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<!-- ====================================================================== -->
-<!-- Ant build file (http://ant.apache.org/) for Ant 1.6.2 or above.        -->
-<!-- ====================================================================== -->
-
 <project name="plexus-component-api" default="package" basedir=".">
 
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Import maven-build.xml into the current project                        -->
+  <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <import file="maven-build.xml"/>
-  
+  <property file="build.properties"/>
+
+  <property name="project.artifactId" value="plexus-component-api"/>
+  <property name="project.groupId" value="org.codehaus.plexus"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.0-alpha-15"/>
+
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.6"/>
+  <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
+
+  <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
+  <property name="build.dir" value="target"/>
+  <property name="build.outputDir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="build.srcDir" value="src/main/java"/>
+  <property name="reporting.outputDirectory" value="${build.dir}/site"/>
+
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Help target                                                            -->
+  <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <target name="help">
-    <echo message="Please run: $ant -projecthelp"/>
+  <path id="build.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <!-- plexus-classworlds-1.2-alpha-6 -->
+      <include name="**/*"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Cleaning up target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="clean" description="Clean the output directory">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
   </target>
 
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Compilation target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile" description="Compile the code">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.outputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${build.outputDir}"
+           nowarn="false"
+           debug="true"
+           optimize="false"
+           deprecation="true"
+           target="${compiler.target}"
+           verbose="false"
+           fork="false"
+           source="${compiler.source}">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.srcDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generates the Javadoc of the application">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="${build.srcDir}"
+             packagenames="*"
+             destdir="${reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs"
+             access="protected"
+             source="${compiler.source}"
+             verbose="false"
+             version="true"
+             use="true"
+             author="true"
+             splitindex="false"
+             nodeprecated="false"
+             nodeprecatedlist="false"
+             notree="false"
+             noindex="false"
+             nohelp="false"
+             nonavbar="false"
+             serialwarn="false"
+             charset="ISO-8859-1"
+             linksource="false"
+             breakiterator="false">
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javadoc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Package target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="package" depends="compile" description="Package the application">
+    <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar"
+         compress="true"
+         index="false"
+         basedir="${build.outputDir}"
+         excludes="**/package.html">
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="JavaPackages-ArtifactId" value="${project.artifactId}"/>
+        <attribute name="JavaPackages-GroupId" value="${project.groupId}"/>
+        <attribute name="JavaPackages-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
+      </manifest>
+	</jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- A dummy target for the package named after the type it creates         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="jar" depends="package" description="Builds the jar for the application"/>
+
 </project>