--- java-utils-2.eclass.orig	2008-07-09 22:35:59.000000000 +0100
+++ java-utils-2.eclass	2008-07-13 11:57:53.726325717 +0100
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@
 # EANT_GENTOO_CLASSPATH - calls java-pkg_getjars for the value and adds to the
 #                         gentoo.classpath property. Be sure to call
 #                         java-ant_rewrite-classpath in src_unpack.
+# EANT_NEEDS_TOOLS - add tools.jar to the classpath.
 # JAVA_PKG_NO_BUNDLED_SEARCH - Don't search for bundled jars or class files
 # *ANT_TASKS - used to determine ANT_TASKS before calling Ant.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1942,6 +1943,8 @@
 		cp="${cp}:$(java-pkg_getjars ${getjarsarg} ${atom})"
 	done
 
+	[[ -n "${EANT_NEEDS_TOOLS}" ]] && cp="${cp}:$(java-config --tools)"
+
 	if [[ ${cp} ]]; then
 		# It seems ant does not like single quotes around ${cp}
 		antflags="${antflags} -Dgentoo.classpath=\"${cp#:}\""