diff --git a/projects/samskivert/build.xml b/projects/samskivert/build.xml
index 39032548..d4a2f446 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/build.xml
+++ b/projects/samskivert/build.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
   <property name="dist.jar"    value="${app.name}.jar"/>
   <property name="javadoc.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
   <property name="savedoc.dir" value="docs"/>
+  <property name="java.libraries" value="../../lib"/>
 
   <!-- declare our classpath business -->
   <path id="classpath">
     <pathelement location="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
     <fileset dir="lib" includes="**/*.jar"/>
+    <fileset dir="${java.libraries}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
   </path>
 
   <!-- checks to see which packages are available -->