diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Diagnostics.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Diagnostics.java
index 51788e49a..ef2444d47 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Diagnostics.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Diagnostics.java
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public final class Diagnostics {
                     } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
                         String pkg = e.getMessage().replace('/', '.');
                         out.println(key + " : Missing dependency " + pkg);
-                    } catch (Error e) {
+                    } catch (LinkageError e) {
                         out.println(key + " : Initialization error");
                     }
                 }