diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AbstractAntMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AbstractAntMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c7ecfe426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AbstractAntMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.antrun;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.DefaultLogger;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.PropertyHelper;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Target;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:kenney@apache.org">Kenney Westerhof</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractAntMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    protected void executeTasks( Target antTasks, MavenProject mavenProject )
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+    	try
+        {
+            PropertyHelper propertyHelper = PropertyHelper.getPropertyHelper(
+                antTasks.getProject()
+            );
+
+            propertyHelper.setNext(
+                new AntPropertyHelper( mavenProject, getLog() )
+            );
+
+            DefaultLogger antLogger = new DefaultLogger();
+            antLogger.setOutputPrintStream( System.out );
+            antLogger.setErrorPrintStream( System.err );
+            antTasks.getProject().addBuildListener( antLogger );
+
+            getLog().info( "Executing tasks" );
+
+            antTasks.execute();
+
+            getLog().info( "Executed tasks" );
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error executing ant tasks", e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AntRunMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AntRunMojo.java
index 7cba53817b..126dfe97b1 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AntRunMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/AntRunMojo.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Target;
  *
  */
 public class AntRunMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
+    extends AbstractAntMojo
 {
     /**
      * @parameter expression="${project}"
@@ -60,30 +60,6 @@ public class AntRunMojo
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
-        try
-        {
-            PropertyHelper propertyHelper = PropertyHelper.getPropertyHelper(
-                tasks.getProject()
-            );
-
-            propertyHelper.setNext(
-                new AntPropertyHelper( project, getLog() )
-            );
-
-            DefaultLogger antLogger = new DefaultLogger();
-            antLogger.setOutputPrintStream( System.out );
-            antLogger.setErrorPrintStream( System.err );
-            tasks.getProject().addBuildListener( antLogger );
-
-            getLog().info( "Executing tasks" );
-
-            tasks.execute();
-
-            getLog().info( "Executed tasks" );
-        }
-        catch ( Exception e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error executing ant tasks", e );
-        }
+        executeTasks( tasks, project );
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/components/AntTargetConverter.java b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/components/AntTargetConverter.java
index 850f9542a2..095e63ed16 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/components/AntTargetConverter.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/antrun/components/AntTargetConverter.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.antrun.components;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.ComponentHelper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.RuntimeConfigurable;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Target;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement;
@@ -112,9 +114,14 @@ public class AntTargetConverter
             task.setProject( project );
             task.setNamespace( "" );
             task.setQName( childConfiguration.getName() );
-            task.setTaskType( childConfiguration.getName() );
+            task.setTaskType(
+                ProjectHelper.genComponentName(
+                    task.getNamespace(), childConfiguration.getName()
+                    )
+            );
             task.setTaskName( childConfiguration.getName() );
             task.setOwningTarget( target );
+            task.init();
             
             if ( parent != null )
             {
@@ -186,7 +193,6 @@ public class AntTargetConverter
                 wrapper, project, target,
                 childConfiguration, expressionEvaluator
             );
-    
         }
     }