diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index 8467069197d..60953a7ab43 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
   <property name="scripts.dir" location="${base.dir}/scripts" />
   <property name="scripts.target.dir" location="${target.dir}/scripts"/>
 
+  <!-- directories for console proxy compilation-->
+  <property name="console-proxy.dir" location="${base.dir}/console-proxy" />
+  <property name="console-proxy.dist.dir" location="${dist.dir}/console-proxy" />
 
   <property name="tools.dir" location="${base.dir}/tools" />
   <!--  <property name="antcontrib.dir" location="${tools.dir}/tools/ant/apache-ant-1.8.0/lib" />-->
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@
   <property name="utils.jar" value="cloud-utils.jar" />
   <property name="server.jar" value="cloud-server.jar" />
   <property name="agent.jar" value="cloud-agent.jar" />
+  <property name="console-proxy.jar" value="cloud-console-proxy.jar" />
   <property name="api.jar" value="cloud-api.jar"/>
   <property name="vmware-base.jar" value="cloud-vmware-base.jar" />
 
@@ -306,7 +310,95 @@
     </copy>
   </target>
 
+  <path id="console-proxy.classpath">
+    <path refid="deps.classpath" />
+    <path refid="dist.classpath" />
+  </path>
+  <target name="compile-console-proxy" depends="-init" description="Compile the console proxy.">
+    <compile-java jar.name="${console-proxy.jar}" top.dir="${console-proxy.dir}" classpath="console-proxy.classpath" >
+      <include-files>
+        <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/certs">
+          <include name="*.keystore" />
+          <include name="*.crt" />
+          <include name="*.key" />
+        </fileset>
+      </include-files>
+    </compile-java>
+  </target>
 
+  <target name="copy-console-proxy" depends="-init">
+    <property name="copyto.dir" value="${console-proxy.dist.dir}" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/conf" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/logs" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/applet" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/images" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/js" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/ui" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/css" />
+    <mkdir dir="${copyto.dir}/certs" />
+
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${deps.dir}">
+        <include name="log4j-1.2.15.jar" />
+        <include name="apache-log4j-extras-1.0.jar" />
+        <include name="gson.jar" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${jar.dir}">
+        <include name="cloud-console-proxy.jar" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/conf">
+      <fileset dir="${production.dir}/consoleproxy/conf">
+        <include name="log4j-cloud.xml" />
+        <include name="consoleproxy.properties" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/images">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/images">
+        <include name="*.jpg" />
+        <include name="*.gif" />
+        <include name="*.png" />
+        <include name="*.cur" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/js">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/js">
+        <include name="*.js" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/ui">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/ui">
+        <include name="*.ftl" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/css">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/css">
+        <include name="*.css" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${copyto.dir}/certs">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/certs">
+          <include name="*.keystore" />
+          <include name="*.crt" />
+          <include name="*.key" />
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="build-console-proxy" depends="-init, compile-console-proxy, copy-console-proxy">
+    <copy todir="${console-proxy.dist.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/scripts">
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${console-proxy.dist.dir}/conf">
+      <fileset dir="${console-proxy.dir}/conf">
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
 
 
   <path id="agent.classpath">