diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 517917e70..8df5c1e9c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ script:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]]; then
       ./sbt ++$SCALA_VERSION "scripted rpm/* debian/*";
     fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_JDK_NAME" = "oraclejdk8" ]]; then
+      ./sbt ++$SCALA_VERSION "scripted jdkpackager/*";
+    fi
 notifications:
   email:
     - qbranch@typesafe.com
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 68f9e2570..99abc5c8f 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ scalacOptions in Compile ++= Seq("-deprecation", "-target:jvm-1.7")
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
     "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.4.1",
+    // for jdkpackager
+    "org.apache.ant" % "ant" % "1.9.6",
     // these dependencies have to be explicitly added by the user
     "com.spotify" % "docker-client" % "3.2.1" % "provided",
     "org.vafer" % "jdeb" % "1.3"  % "provided" artifacts (Artifact("jdeb", "jar", "jar")),