diff --git a/lib/xml/test/Makefile.am b/lib/xml/test/Makefile.am
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+check:
+	$(ANT) $(ANT_FLAGS) test
+
+# Make sure this doesn't fail if ant is not configured.
+clean-local:
+	ANT=$(ANT) ; if test -z "$$ANT" ; then ANT=: ; fi ; \
+	$$ANT $(ANT_FLAGS) clean
diff --git a/lib/xml/test/build.xml b/lib/xml/test/build.xml
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+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+-->
+<project name="XML Schema Test" default="test" basedir=".">
+
+  <description>XML Schema Validation Test</description>
+
+  <property name="xml.dir" location="${basedir}/.." />
+  <property name="gen.xml.dir" location="${basedir}/../gen-xml" />
+  <property name="idl.xml.schema" location="${xml.dir}/thrift-idl.xsd" />
+
+  <property name="thrift.dir" location="../../../" />
+  <property name="thrift.test.dir" location="${thrift.dir}/test" />
+  <property name="thrift.compiler" location="${thrift.dir}/compiler/cpp/thrift" />
+
+  <property file="${basedir}/build.properties" />
+
+  <target name="compiler.check">
+    <fail>
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <resourcecount count="1">
+            <fileset id="fs" file="${thrift.compiler}"/>
+          </resourcecount>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+      Thrift compiler is missing !
+    </fail>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="init" depends="compiler.check, mkdirs">
+    <tstamp />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="mkdirs">
+    <mkdir dir="${gen.xml.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="generate" depends="init">
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/ThriftTest.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/Include.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/Recursive.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/ManyOptionals.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/OptionalRequiredTest.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/ConstantsDemo.thrift"/>
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/TypedefTest.thrift" />
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/AnnotationTest.thrift" />
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/DocTest.thrift" />
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/EnumTest.thrift" />
+    <generate-xml file="${thrift.test.dir}/ManyTypedefs.thrift" />
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test" description="run schema validation"
+          depends="validate-generated-xml"/>
+    
+  <target name="validate-generated-xml" depends="init, generate">
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/ThriftTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/Include.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/Recursive.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/ManyOptionals.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/OptionalRequiredTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/ConstantsDemo.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/TypedefTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/AnnotationTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/DocTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/EnumTest.xml"/>
+    <validate-xml file="${gen.xml.dir}/ManyTypedefs.xml"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="clean">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
+    <delete dir="${gen.xml.dir}" />
+  </target>
+
+  <macrodef name="generate-xml">
+    <attribute name="file" />
+    <sequential>
+      <exec executable="${thrift.compiler}" failonerror="true">
+        <arg line="-gen xml:merge"/>
+        <arg line="-out ${gen.xml.dir}"/>
+        <arg line="@{file}"/>
+      </exec>
+    </sequential>
+  </macrodef>
+
+  <macrodef name="validate-xml">
+    <attribute name="file" />
+    <sequential>
+      <echo message="validating generated XML: @{file}" />
+      <schemavalidate file="@{file}">
+        <schema namespace="http://thrift.apache.org/xml/idl" 
+                file="${idl.xml.schema}" />
+      </schemavalidate>
+    </sequential>
+  </macrodef>
+
+</project>