diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 2491a7de90f..290798b5984 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ Utils.discover_ant_targets_and_properties = discover_ant_targets_and_properties
 # this is NOT a task for a task generator -- it is a plain function.
 # If you want to use it as a task function in a task generator, use a lambda x: runant("targetname")
 def runant(tsk):
+	conf = _getbuildcontext()
 	environ = dict(os.environ)
 	environ["CATALINA_HOME"] = tsk.env.TOMCATHOME
 	environ["ANT_HOME"] = _join("tools","ant","apache-ant-1.7.1")
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ def runant(tsk):
 	else:
 		stanzas = [
 			_join(environ["ANT_HOME"],"bin","ant"),
-			"-Dthirdparty.classpath=./deps/*:%s"%(tsk.env.CLASSPATH.replace(os.pathsep,",")),
+			"-Dthirdparty.classpath=%s:%s"%(tsk.env.CLASSPATH.replace(os.pathsep,","), conf.env.DEPSCLASSPATH),
 		]
 	stanzas += tsk.generator.antargs
 	ret = Utils.exec_command(" ".join(stanzas),cwd=tsk.generator.bld.srcnode.abspath(),env=environ,log=True)