diff --git a/java/build.xml b/java/build.xml
index b1fb3f21b..173b12dd6 100644
--- a/java/build.xml
+++ b/java/build.xml
@@ -52,10 +52,25 @@
     <!-- Create the distribution directory -->
     <mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
 
+    <pathconvert property="jar.classpath" pathsep=" ">
+      <mapper>
+        <chainedmapper>
+          <flattenmapper />
+        </chainedmapper>
+      </mapper>
+      <path>
+        <fileset dir="${lib}">
+          <include name="**/*.jar" />
+        </fileset>
+      </path>
+    </pathconvert>
+
+    <echo message="libs.project = ${jar.classpath}" />
+
     <!-- Put everything in ${build} into the MyProject-${DSTAMP}.jar file -->
     <jar jarfile="${dist}/AnalysisTK.jar" basedir="${build}">
       <manifest>
-        <attribute name="Class-Path" value="functionalj-1.0.jar picard-snapshot.jar sam-1.0.jar" />
+        <attribute name="Class-Path" value="${jar.classpath}" />
         <attribute name="Main-Class" value="edu.mit.broad.sting.atk.AnalysisTK" />
       </manifest>
     </jar>