diff --git a/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/AntProjectHelper.java b/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/AntProjectHelper.java
--- a/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/AntProjectHelper.java
+++ b/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/AntProjectHelper.java
@@ -1020,7 +1020,27 @@
      * @return an artifact
      */
     public AntArtifact createSimpleAntArtifact(String type, String locationProperty, PropertyEvaluator eval, String targetName, String cleanTargetName) {
-        return new SimpleAntArtifact(this, type, locationProperty, eval, targetName, cleanTargetName);
+        return createSimpleAntArtifact(type, locationProperty, eval, targetName, cleanTargetName, null);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a basic implementation of {@link AntArtifact} which assumes everything of interest
+     * is in a fixed location under a standard Ant-based project.
+     * @param type the type of artifact, e.g. <a href="@JAVA/PROJECT@/org/netbeans/api/java/project/JavaProjectConstants.html#ARTIFACT_TYPE_JAR"><code>JavaProjectConstants.ARTIFACT_TYPE_JAR</code></a>
+     * @param locationProperty an Ant property name giving the project-relative
+     *                         location of the artifact, e.g. <samp>dist.jar</samp>
+     * @param eval a way to evaluate the location property (e.g. {@link #getStandardPropertyEvaluator})
+     * @param targetName the name of an Ant target which will build the artifact,
+     *                   e.g. <samp>jar</samp>
+     * @param cleanTargetName the name of an Ant target which will delete the artifact
+     *                        (and maybe other build products), e.g. <samp>clean</samp>
+     * @param buildScriptProperty an Ant property name giving the project-relative
+     *      location and name of the build.xml or null if default one (<samp>build.xml</samp>) should be used
+     * @return an artifact
+     */
+    public AntArtifact createSimpleAntArtifact(String type, String locationProperty, PropertyEvaluator eval, 
+            String targetName, String cleanTargetName, String buildScriptProperty) {
+        return new SimpleAntArtifact(this, type, locationProperty, eval, targetName, cleanTargetName, buildScriptProperty);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/SimpleAntArtifact.java b/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/SimpleAntArtifact.java
--- a/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/SimpleAntArtifact.java
+++ b/project.ant/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/support/ant/SimpleAntArtifact.java
@@ -63,17 +63,20 @@
     private final PropertyEvaluator eval;
     private final String targetName;
     private final String cleanTargetName;
+    private final String buildScriptProperty;
     
     /**
      * @see AntProjectHelper#createSimpleAntArtifact
      */
-    public SimpleAntArtifact(AntProjectHelper helper, String type, String locationProperty, PropertyEvaluator eval, String targetName, String cleanTargetName) {
+    public SimpleAntArtifact(AntProjectHelper helper, String type, String locationProperty, 
+            PropertyEvaluator eval, String targetName, String cleanTargetName, String buildScriptProperty) {
         this.h = helper;
         this.type = type;
         this.locationProperty = locationProperty;
         this.eval = eval;
         this.targetName = targetName;
         this.cleanTargetName = cleanTargetName;
+        this.buildScriptProperty = buildScriptProperty;
     }
     
     private URI getArtifactLocation0() {
@@ -104,7 +107,11 @@
     }
     
     public File getScriptLocation() {
-        return h.resolveFile(GeneratedFilesHelper.BUILD_XML_PATH);
+        String path = GeneratedFilesHelper.BUILD_XML_PATH;
+        if (buildScriptProperty != null) {
+            path = eval.getProperty(buildScriptProperty);
+        }
+        return h.resolveFile(path);
     }
     
     public String getTargetName() {