diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9c9a9c10d..3b3e62673 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
             <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.broadinstitute.sting.analyzecovariates.AnalyzeCovariates" />
           </manifest>
         </jar>
+
+		<jar jarfile="${dist}/VCFTool.jar" whenmanifestonly="skip">
+         <fileset dir="build">
+           <include name="**/*.class"/>
+         </fileset>
+         <manifest>
+           <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.broadinstitute.sting.playground.tools.vcf.VCFTool" />
+         </manifest>
+       </jar>
+
     
         <jar jarfile="${dist}/Playground.jar" whenmanifestonly="skip">
             <fileset dir="build">
@@ -139,6 +149,12 @@
             <filelist files="GATKScala.jar"/>
         </pathconvert>
 
+        <jar jarfile="${dist}/VCFTool.jar" update="true" >
+            <manifest>
+                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="${jar.classpath}" />
+            </manifest>
+        </jar>
+
         <jar jarfile="${dist}/StingUtils.jar" update="true">
             <manifest>
                 <attribute name="Class-Path" value="${jar.classpath}"/>