diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 078faae17f0..7e9c8010176 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
   BUG FIXES
    HBASE-1136  HashFunction inadvertently destroys some randomness
                (Jonathan Ellis via Stack) 
+   HBASE-1140  "ant clean test" fails (Nitay Joffe via Stack)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a55819446f3..a0a71423b30 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
       redoing init and jscpc at this stage of the game; i.e. the prereqs
       for compile.  TODO: Investigate why.  For now, test will fail
       if not preceeded by manual 'jar' or 'compile' invokation -->
-  <target name="compile-test" > 
+  <target name="compile-test" depends="compile">
     <javac encoding="${build.encoding}" 
        srcdir="${src.test}" 
        includes="**/*.java"