diff --git a/build.properties.sample b/build.properties.sample
index ea7461e..6387e64 100644
--- a/build.properties.sample
+++ b/build.properties.sample
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ logkit.jar=/java/logkit/logkit.jar
 # Avalon framework - used for wrapper for avalon framework logger
 avalon-framework.jar=../../Avalon-4.1.4/avalon-framework-4.1.4.jar
 
+# ServletApi - used to build ServletContextCleaner class
+servletapi.jar=/java/servletapi/servletapi.jar
+
 #
 # if you want to run the test cases, junit needs to be in the classpath.
 # the build.xml uses a default value so you might not need to set this property.
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 94db248..505cba7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   <property name="log4j.jar"               value="${jakarta.home}/jakarta-log4j/dist/lib/log4j.jar"/>
   <property name="logkit.jar"              value="${jakarta.home}/jakarta-avalon-logkit/build/log/logkit"/>
   <property name="avalon-framework.jar"    value="../../Avalon-4.1.4/avalon-framework-4.1.4.jar"/>
+  <property name="servletapi.jar"          value="servletapi-2.3.jar"/>
 
 
 <!-- ========== Component Declarations ==================================== -->
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
     <pathelement location="${log4j.jar}"/>
     <pathelement location="${logkit.jar}"/>
     <pathelement location="${avalon-framework.jar}"/>
+    <pathelement location="${servletapi.jar}"/>
   </path>
 
 
diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index 6a717aa..10d8128 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@
       <version>4.1.3</version>
     </dependency>
     
+    <dependency>
+      <id>servletapi</id>
+      <version>2.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    
   </dependencies>
   <build>
      <nagEmailAddress>commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org</nagEmailAddress>