diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 79fb8ddc2..26df439cf 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <property name="manifest" value="src/etc/manifest"/>
 
   <property name="build.compiler" value="classic"/>
-  <property name="build.compiler.emacs" value="on"/>
+<!--  <property name="build.compiler.emacs" value="on"/> -->
 
   <!-- =================================================================== -->
   <!-- Check to see what optional dependencies are available               -->
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
index 0a5c877df..c4a76a039 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ public class Javac extends MatchingTask {
 
         JikesOutputParser jop = new JikesOutputParser(this, emacsMode);
 
-        Jikes compiler = new Jikes(jop,"jikes");
+        Jikes compiler = new Jikes(jop, "jikes", project);
         compiler.compile(args);
         if (jop.getErrorFlag()) {
             String msg = "Compile failed, messages should have been provided.";
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jikes.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jikes.java
index 05b70e8c2..88ce018ab 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jikes.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jikes.java
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ import java.util.Random;
 public class Jikes {
     protected JikesOutputParser jop;
     protected String command;
-    
+    protected Project project;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new Jikes obect.
      * @param jop - Parser to send jike's output to
      * @param command - name of jikes executeable
      */
-    protected Jikes(JikesOutputParser jop,String command) {
+    protected Jikes(JikesOutputParser jop,String command, Project project) {
         super();
         this.jop = jop;
         this.command = command;
+        this.project = project;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,9 +73,11 @@ public class Jikes {
             // -Xstdout that is given to Jikes in Javac.doJikesCompile()
             // should guarantee this. At least I hope so. :)
             try {
-                Process jikes = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commandArray);
-                BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(jikes.getInputStream()));
-                jop.parseOutput(reader);
+                Execute exe = new Execute(jop);
+                exe.setAntRun(project);
+                exe.setWorkingDirectory(project.getBaseDir());
+                exe.setCommandline(commandArray);
+                exe.execute();
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new BuildException("Error running Jikes compiler", e);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JikesOutputParser.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JikesOutputParser.java
index f9ddb889c..931da097b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JikesOutputParser.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JikesOutputParser.java
@@ -13,13 +13,44 @@ import java.io.*;
  * Parsing could be much better
  * @author skanthak@muehlheim.de
  */
-public class JikesOutputParser {
+public class JikesOutputParser implements ExecuteStreamHandler {
     protected Task task;
     protected boolean errorFlag = false; // no errors so far
     protected int errors,warnings;
     protected boolean error = false;
     protected boolean emacsMode;
     
+    protected BufferedReader br;
+
+    /**
+     * Ignore.
+     */
+    public void setProcessInputStream(OutputStream os) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Ignore.
+     */
+    public void setProcessErrorStream(InputStream is) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Set the inputstream
+     */
+    public void setProcessOutputStream(InputStream is) throws IOException {
+        br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invokes parseOutput.
+     */
+    public void start() throws IOException {
+        parseOutput(br);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ignore.
+     */
+    public void stop() {}
+
     /**
      * Construct a new Parser object
      * @param task - task in whichs context we are called