diff --git a/jaxws/build.properties b/jaxws/build.properties
index 9e5f63306c9..f31b4057a9e 100644
--- a/jaxws/build.properties
+++ b/jaxws/build.properties
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ drops.dir=${slashjava}/devtools/share/jdk7-drops
 # one of the standard user build.properties files (see build.xml)
 javac.jar=${bootstrap.dir}/lib/javac.jar
 
+# The tools.jar is needed in the classpath to compile these sources
+jdk.home=${java.home}/..
+tools.jar=${jdk.home}/lib/tools.jar
+
 # options for the <javac> tasks used to compile the tools
 javac.source = 7
 javac.target = 7
diff --git a/jaxws/build.xml b/jaxws/build.xml
index b14eb6b8bd8..5ee8f190b25 100644
--- a/jaxws/build.xml
+++ b/jaxws/build.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@
     <!-- Build (compilation) of sources to class files. -->
     <target name="build"
 	    depends="init, -init-src-dirs, -build-prep">
-        <javac fork="true"
+        <javac 
+	     includeAntRuntime="false" 
+	     classpath="${build.classes.dir}:${tools.jar}"
+	     fork="true"
              destdir="${build.classes.dir}"
              memoryInitialSize="${javac.memoryInitialSize}"
              memoryMaximumSize="${javac.memoryMaximumSize}"
diff --git a/jaxws/make/Makefile b/jaxws/make/Makefile
index 071a434a358..604b35ed76c 100644
--- a/jaxws/make/Makefile
+++ b/jaxws/make/Makefile
@@ -113,11 +113,13 @@ endif
 ifdef ALT_LANGTOOLS_DIST
   ifdef ALT_BOOTDIR
     ANT_JAVA_HOME = JAVA_HOME=$(ALT_BOOTDIR)
+    ANT_OPTIONS += -Djdk.home=$(ALT_BOOTDIR)
   endif
   ANT_OPTIONS += -Dbootstrap.dir=$(ALT_LANGTOOLS_DIST)/bootstrap
 else
   ifdef ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH
     ANT_JAVA_HOME = JAVA_HOME=$(ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH)
+    ANT_OPTIONS += -Djdk.home=$(ALT_JDK_IMPORT_PATH)
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ ANT_TARGETS = all source drop_included build dist clobber clean sanity
 
 # Create a make target for each
 $(ANT_TARGETS):
-	cd .. && $(ANT_JAVA_HOME) $(ANT) -version
+	cd .. && $(ANT_JAVA_HOME) $(ANT) $(ANT_OPTIONS) -version
 	cd .. && $(ANT_JAVA_HOME) $(ANT) $(ANT_OPTIONS) $@
 
 # Help target