--- a/ant/compile.xml
+++ b/ant/compile.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
     <target name="compile" description="--> compiles the iText code">
         <mkdir dir="${itext.classes}" />
-        <javac srcdir="${itext.src}" destdir="${itext.classes}" />
+        <javac srcdir="${itext.src}" destdir="${itext.classes}">
+          <include name="com/**" /> 
+        </javac>
     </target>
 
     <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@
 
     <target name="compile.debug" description="--> compiles the iText code for debugging">
         <mkdir dir="${itext.classes}" />
-        <javac srcdir="${itext.src}" destdir="${itext.classes}" listfiles="yes" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" />
+        <javac srcdir="${itext.src}" destdir="${itext.classes}" listfiles="yes" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source">
+          <include name="com/**" /> 
+        </javac>
     </target>
 
     <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
@@ -77,4 +81,4 @@
 	
     <target name="jar.debug"  depends="compile.debug, make.jar" description="--> makes a jarfile from the iText code" />
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>