diff --git a/tests/build.xml b/tests/build.xml
index 95065ff78..5986721e3 100644
--- a/tests/build.xml
+++ b/tests/build.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@
       mapfile="${tbundle.dir}/tilesets.map">
       <fileset dir="${tbundle.dir}/objects" includes="**/*.xml"/>
     </tilebundle>
+
+    <!-- build the fringe configurations -->
+    <taskdef name="conffringe"
+             classname="com.threerings.miso.tile.tools.CompileFringeConfigurationTask"/>
+    <conffringe
+     tilesetmap="${tbundle.dir}/tilesets.map"
+     fringedef="rsrc/config/miso/tile/fringeconf.xml"
+     target="rsrc/config/miso/tile/fringeconf.dat"/>
+
   </target>
 
 </project>