diff --git a/check.xml b/check.xml
index a6f6bc7b5..927f1d7b2 100644
--- a/check.xml
+++ b/check.xml
@@ -34,35 +34,48 @@
   </description>
 
   <import file="build.xml"/>
+  
   <property name="config.dir" location="${etc.dir}/checkstyle"/>
 
-  <property name="checkstyle.reportdir" location="${build.dir}/reports/checkstyle"/>
-  <property name="checkstyle.raw" location="${checkstyle.reportdir}/raw.xml"/>
-  <property name="stylesheet.html" location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-frames.xsl"/>
-  <property name="stylesheet.html.sorted" location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-frames-sortby-check.xsl"/>
-  <property name="stylesheet.text" location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-text.xsl"/>
-  <property name="stylesheet.xdoc" location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-xdoc.xsl"/>
-
-  <property name="checkstyle.basedir" location="${java.dir}"/>
-
   <!-- Ant Checkstyle report -->
-  <property name="tocheck" value="**/*.java"/>
-  <property name="javadoc.scope" value="public"/>
+  <property name="checkstyle.reportdir"
+            location="${build.dir}/reports/checkstyle"
+            description="Where to store Checkstyle reports"/>
+  <property name="checkstyle.raw"
+            location="${checkstyle.reportdir}/raw.xml"
+            description="Name of Checkstyle XML-Report"/>
+  <property name="stylesheet.html"
+            location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-frames.xsl"
+            description="Name of Checkstyle XSLT for generating HTML"/>
+  <property name="stylesheet.html.sorted"
+            location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-frames-sortby-check.xsl"
+            description="Name of Checkstyle XSLT for generating 2nd HTML"/>
+  <property name="stylesheet.text"
+            location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-text.xsl"
+            description="Name of Checkstyle XSLT for generating plain text"/>
+  <property name="stylesheet.xdoc"
+            location="${config.dir}/checkstyle-xdoc.xsl"
+            description="Name of Checkstyle XSLT for generating XDOC"/>
+
+  <property name="checkstyle.basedir"
+            location="${java.dir}"
+            description="Where are the Java sources to check"/>
+  <property name="tocheck"
+            value="**/*.java"
+            description="Include pattern of the files to check"/>
 
-  <taskdef resource="simiantask.properties"/>
-  
   <!-- Findbugs: Running Findbugs -->
-  <property name="findbugs.reportdir" 
-            location="${build.dir}/reports/findbugs" 
+  <property name="findbugs.reportdir"
+            location="${build.dir}/reports/findbugs"
             description="Where to store Findbugs results"/>
-  <property name="findbugs.raw"       
-            value="raw.xml" 
+  <property name="findbugs.raw"
+            value="raw.xml"
             description="Findbugs Output xml-file"/>
-  <property name="findbugs.xsl"       
-            value="fancy.xsl" 
+  <property name="findbugs.xsl"
+            value="fancy.xsl"
             description="Which XSL to use for generating Output: default, fancy, plain, summary"/>
-  <property name="findbugs.jvmargs"   
-            value="-Xms128m -Xmx512m" 
+  <property name="findbugs.jvmargs"
+            value="-Xms128m -Xmx512m"
             description="JVMArgs for invoking Findbugs"/>
 
   <!-- RAT Release Auditing Tool -->
@@ -76,6 +89,19 @@
             value="0.11"
             description="Which Version of RAT to use"/>
 
+  <!-- Simian -->
+  <property name="simian.version"
+            value="2.4.0"
+            description="Which Version of Simian to use"/>
+  <property name="simian.uri"
+            value="http://www.harukizaemon.com/simian/simian-${simian.version}.tar.gz"
+            description="Where to get Simian"/>
+  <property name="simian.lib.dir"
+            value="${build.dir}/simian-lib"
+            description="Where to store Simian resources"/>
+  <property name="simian.report.dir"
+            value="${build.dir}/simian"
+            description="Where to store Simian reports"/>
 
 
   <target name="init-ivy">
@@ -154,11 +180,34 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="simiancheck" description="--> runs the check for duplicates">
-    <simian>
+    <available property="simian.jar.present" file="${simian.lib.dir}/simian-${simian.version}.jar"/>
+    <sequential unless:set="simian.jar.present">
+      <mkdir dir="${simian.lib.dir}"/>
+      <get src="${simian.uri}" dest="${simian.lib.dir}"/>
+      <gunzip src="${simian.lib.dir}/simian-${simian.version}.tar.gz" dest="${simian.lib.dir}/simian-${simian.version}.tar"/>
+      <untar src="${simian.lib.dir}/simian-${simian.version}.tar" dest="${simian.lib.dir}">
+        <patternset>
+          <include name="**/simian*.jar"/>
+          <include name="**/simian*.xsl"/>
+        </patternset>
+        <flattenmapper/>
+      </untar>
+    </sequential>
+
+    <taskdef resource="simiantask.properties">
+      <classpath>
+        <fileset dir="${simian.lib.dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </taskdef>
+    <mkdir dir="${simian.report.dir}"/>
+    <simian failureProperty="simian.duplicates.found">
         <fileset dir="${java.dir}" />
+        <formatter type="plain" toFile="${simian.report.dir}/simian-log.txt"/>
+        <formatter type="xml" toFile="${simian.report.dir}/simian-log.xml"/>
     </simian>
+    <xslt in="${simian.report.dir}/simian-log.xml" style="${simian.lib.dir}/simian.xsl" out="${simian.report.dir}/simian.html"/>
   </target>
-	
+
   <target name="fixTS" description="--> fix checkstyle errors 'Line has trailing spaces'">
     <fail message="Define path to java file 'path'">
       <condition><not><isset property="path"/></not></condition>