diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/AntTaskTest.java b/compiler/integration-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/AntTaskTest.java
index 0c6f66f2faa..ef4cc1801a2 100644
--- a/compiler/integration-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/AntTaskTest.java
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/AntTaskTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
 public class AntTaskTest extends KotlinIntegrationTestBase {
     private void doAntTest(String... extraJavaArgs) throws Exception {
         String jar = tmpdir.getTmpDir().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "hello.jar";
-        String runtime = new File("dist/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar").getAbsolutePath();
+        String runtime = getKotlinRuntimePath();
 
         assertEquals("compilation failed", 0, runAnt("build.log", "build.xml", extraJavaArgs));
         runJava("hello.run", "-cp", jar + File.pathSeparator + runtime, "hello.HelloPackage");
@@ -46,7 +46,22 @@ public class AntTaskTest extends KotlinIntegrationTestBase {
 
     @Test
     public void javacCompiler() throws Exception {
-        doAntTest("-cp", getCompilerLib() + "/kotlin-ant.jar");
+        doAntTest("-cp", getKotlinAntPath(),
+                  "-Dkotlin.home", getCompilerLib().getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void externalAnnotations() throws Exception {
+        doAntTest("-cp", getKotlinAntPath(),
+                  "-Didea.sdk", getIdeaSdkHome(),
+                  "-Dkotlin.home", getCompilerLib().getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void kotlinCompiler() throws Exception {
+        doAntTest("-cp", getKotlinAntPath(),
+                  "-Didea.sdk", getIdeaSdkHome(),
+                  "-Dkotlin.home", getCompilerLib().getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -69,7 +84,15 @@ public class AntTaskTest extends KotlinIntegrationTestBase {
         return runJava(logName, strings.toArray(new String[strings.size()]));
     }
 
+    private static String getKotlinAntPath() {
+        return getCompilerLib() + File.separator + "kotlin-ant.jar";
+    }
+
+    private static String getIdeaSdkHome() {
+        return getKotlinProjectHome().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "ideaSDK";
+    }
+
     private static String getAntHome() {
-        return getKotlinProjectHome().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "dependencies" + File.separator + "ant-1.7";
+        return getKotlinProjectHome().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "dependencies" + File.separator + "ant-1.8";
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvm/build.log.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvm/build.log.expected
index e15ec4eda2d..c71b096d7e8 100644
--- a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvm/build.log.expected
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvm/build.log.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OUT Buildfile: build.xml
+OUT Buildfile: [TestData]/build.xml
 OUT 
 OUT build:
 OUT   [kotlinc] Compiling [[[TestData]/hello.kt]] => [[Temp]/hello.jar]
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvmManyRoots/build.log.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvmManyRoots/build.log.expected
index bb62842274a..7607db6a4ad 100644
--- a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvmManyRoots/build.log.expected
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/antTaskJvmManyRoots/build.log.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OUT Buildfile: build.xml
+OUT Buildfile: [TestData]/build.xml
 OUT 
 OUT build:
 OUT   [kotlinc] Compiling [[[TestData]/root1, [TestData]/root2]] => [[Temp]/hello.jar]
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.log.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.log.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc21d11bbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.log.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+OUT Buildfile: [TestData]/build.xml
+OUT 
+OUT build:
+OUT     [mkdir] Created dir: [Temp]/classes
+OUT     [javac] Compiling 1 source file to [Temp]/classes
+OUT     [javac] Compiling [[[TestData]/root1]] => [[Temp]/classes]
+OUT     [javac] Running javac...
+OUT       [jar] Building jar: [Temp]/hello.jar
+OUT 
+OUT BUILD SUCCESSFUL
+OUT Total time: [time]
+Return code: 0
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..113c3040eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<project name="Ant Task Test" default="build">
+
+  <path id="classpath">
+    <fileset dir="${idea.sdk}/lib" includes="annotations.jar"/>
+    <fileset dir="${kotlin.home}" includes="kotlin-runtime.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <typedef name = "withKotlin" classname = "org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.ant.KotlinCompilerAdapter"/>
+
+  <target name="build">
+      <delete dir="${temp}/classes" failonerror="false"/>
+      <mkdir dir="${temp}/classes"/>
+      <javac destdir="${temp}/classes" includeAntRuntime="false" srcdir="${test.data}/root1">
+        <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+        <withKotlin externalannotations="${test.data}/root1/b/">
+          <externalannotations path="${test.data}/root1/a/" />
+        </withKotlin>
+      </javac>
+      <jar destfile="${temp}/hello.jar">
+        <fileset dir="${temp}/classes"/>
+      </jar>
+  </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/hello.run.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/hello.run.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de564d891df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/hello.run.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OUT Hello, a!
+OUT Java Hello
+Return code: 0
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/a/j/annotations.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/a/j/annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17578e94069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/a/j/annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<root>
+  <item name='j.Java java.lang.String f()'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/b/j/annotations.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/b/j/annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d5d038491c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/b/j/annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<root>
+  <item name='j.Java java.lang.String f2()'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/hello.kt b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/hello.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75434833e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/hello.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package hello
+
+fun main(args : Array<String>) {
+    for (s in arrayList("a"))
+      println("Hello, $s!")
+    val java: String = j.Java().f()
+    val hello: String = j.Java().f2()
+    println("$java $hello")
+}
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/j/Java.java b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/j/Java.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce5f7282990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/externalAnnotations/root1/j/Java.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package j;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.lang.String;
+import java.lang.System;
+
+public class Java {
+    public String f() {
+        return "Java";
+    }
+
+    public String f2() {
+        return "Hello";
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        hello.HelloPackage.main(new String[] {});
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.log.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.log.expected
index 1b19712aa36..bc21d11bbfc 100644
--- a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.log.expected
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.log.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OUT Buildfile: build.xml
+OUT Buildfile: [TestData]/build.xml
 OUT 
 OUT build:
 OUT     [mkdir] Created dir: [Temp]/classes
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.xml
index c7bceadc551..72e91b75d25 100644
--- a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.xml
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/javacCompiler/build.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 <project name="Ant Task Test" default="build">
 
-    <target name="build">
+  <path id="classpath">
+    <fileset dir="${kotlin.home}" includes="kotlin-runtime.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <target name="build">
         <delete dir="${temp}/classes" failonerror="false"/>
         <mkdir dir="${temp}/classes"/>
-        <javac destdir="${temp}/classes" compiler="org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.ant.KotlinCompilerAdapter">
+        <javac destdir="${temp}/classes" includeantruntime="false" compiler="org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.ant.KotlinCompilerAdapter">
           <src path="${test.data}/root1"/>
+          <classpath refid="classpath"/>
         </javac>
         <jar destfile="${temp}/hello.jar">
           <fileset dir="${temp}/classes"/>
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.log.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.log.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25ee1864938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.log.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+OUT Buildfile: [TestData]/build.xml
+OUT 
+OUT build:
+OUT     [mkdir] Created dir: [Temp]/classes
+OUT   [kotlinc] Compiling [[[TestData]/root1]] => [[Temp]/classes]
+OUT     [javac] Compiling 1 source file to [Temp]/classes
+OUT       [jar] Building jar: [Temp]/hello.jar
+OUT 
+OUT BUILD SUCCESSFUL
+OUT Total time: [time]
+Return code: 0
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73359810bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<project name="Ant Task Test" default="build">
+
+  <path id="classpath">
+    <fileset dir="${idea.sdk}/lib" includes="annotations.jar"/>
+    <fileset dir="${kotlin.home}" includes="kotlin-runtime.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <taskdef name = "kotlinc" classname = "org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.ant.BytecodeCompilerTask"/>
+
+  <target name="build">
+      <delete dir="${temp}/classes" failonerror="false"/>
+      <mkdir dir="${temp}/classes"/>
+      <kotlinc output="${temp}/classes" src="${test.data}/root1" externalannotations="${test.data}/root1/b/">
+        <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+        <externalannotations path="${test.data}/root1/a/" />
+      </kotlinc>
+      <javac destdir="${temp}/classes" includeAntRuntime="false" srcdir="${test.data}/root1">
+        <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+      </javac>
+      <jar destfile="${temp}/hello.jar">
+        <fileset dir="${temp}/classes"/>
+      </jar>
+  </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/hello.run.expected b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/hello.run.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de564d891df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/hello.run.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OUT Hello, a!
+OUT Java Hello
+Return code: 0
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/a/j/annotations.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/a/j/annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17578e94069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/a/j/annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<root>
+  <item name='j.Java java.lang.String f()'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/b/j/annotations.xml b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/b/j/annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d5d038491c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/b/j/annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<root>
+  <item name='j.Java java.lang.String f2()'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/hello.kt b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/hello.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75434833e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/hello.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package hello
+
+fun main(args : Array<String>) {
+    for (s in arrayList("a"))
+      println("Hello, $s!")
+    val java: String = j.Java().f()
+    val hello: String = j.Java().f2()
+    println("$java $hello")
+}
diff --git a/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/j/Java.java b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/j/Java.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce5f7282990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/integration-tests/testData/kotlinCompiler/root1/j/Java.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package j;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.lang.String;
+import java.lang.System;
+
+public class Java {
+    public String f() {
+        return "Java";
+    }
+
+    public String f2() {
+        return "Hello";
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        hello.HelloPackage.main(new String[] {});
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/update_dependencies.xml b/update_dependencies.xml
index a781425c2c9..c8fe417bd71 100644
--- a/update_dependencies.xml
+++ b/update_dependencies.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@
         </sequential>
     </macrodef>
 
+    <macrodef name="get-ant-library">
+      <attribute name="version"/>
+      <attribute name="folderName"/>
+      <sequential>
+        <get src="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-@{version}-bin.tar.gz"
+             dest="dependencies/download/apache-ant-@{version}-bin.tar.gz" usetimestamp="true"/>
+
+        <get src="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/source/apache-ant-@{version}-src.zip"
+             dest="dependencies/apache-ant-@{version}-src.zip" usetimestamp="true"/>
+
+        <delete dir="dependencies/@{folderName}" failonerror="false"/>
+        <untar src="dependencies/download/apache-ant-@{version}-bin.tar.gz" dest="dependencies" compression="gzip"/>
+        <move file="dependencies/apache-ant-@{version}" tofile="dependencies/@{folderName}"/>
+      </sequential>
+    </macrodef>
+
     <target name="fetch-third-party">
         <mkdir dir="dependencies"/>
         <mkdir dir="dependencies/download"/>
@@ -121,16 +137,9 @@
         <get src="http://jarjar.googlecode.com/files/jarjar-1.2.jar" dest="dependencies/download/jarjar-1.2.jar" usetimestamp="true"/>
         <copy file="dependencies/download/jarjar-1.2.jar" tofile="dependencies/jarjar.jar" overwrite="true"/>
 
-        <!-- ant 1.7.0 -->
-        <get src="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.7.0-bin.tar.gz"
-             dest="dependencies/download/apache-ant-1.7.0-bin.tar.gz" usetimestamp="true"/>
-
-        <get src="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/source/apache-ant-1.7.0-src.zip"
-             dest="dependencies/apache-ant-1.7.0-src.zip" usetimestamp="true"/>
-
-        <delete dir="dependencies/ant-1.7" failonerror="false"/>
-        <untar src="dependencies/download/apache-ant-1.7.0-bin.tar.gz" dest="dependencies" compression="gzip"/>
-        <move file="dependencies/apache-ant-1.7.0" tofile="dependencies/ant-1.7"/>
+        <!-- ant 1.7.0, 1.8.0 -->
+        <get-ant-library version="1.7.0" folderName="ant-1.7"/>
+        <get-ant-library version="1.8.0" folderName="ant-1.8"/>
 
         <!-- dx.jar -->
         <get-maven-library prefix="com/google/android/tools" lib="dx" version="1.7" target.jar.name.base="dx"/>