diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh
index f614f7d437c1..9be3012ec6fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export JAVACMD=$j2sdk/bin/java
 export ANT_OPTS=""
 export ANT_ARGS=""
 
-$ant/bin/core-ant
+$ant/bin/core-ant \$@
 EOF
 
 chmod a+x $out/bin/ant || exit 1