--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@
                classpathref="compile.classpath"
                classname="org.apache.log.Logger"/>
 
+    <available classname="javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent" property="servletapi.present" classpathref="compile.classpath" ignoresystemclasses="true" ></available>
+
     <available property="avalon-framework.present"
                classpathref="compile.classpath"
                classname="org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger"/>
@@ -315,6 +317,13 @@
     </echo>
   </target>
   
+  <target depends="init,discovery" unless="servletapi.present" name="servletapi-warning" >
+    <echo >
+    *** WARNING ***
+    ServletAPI not found: Cannot Build ServletContextCleaner
+	</echo>
+  </target>
+  
   <target name="avalon-framework-warning" unless='avalon-framework.present' depends='init,discovery'>
     <echo>
     *** WARNING ***
@@ -337,7 +346,7 @@
   </target>
     
   <target name='warning' 
-    depends='log4j12-warning,log4j13-warning,logkit-warning,jdk1.4-warning,avalon-framework-warning,compile-1.4'/>
+    depends='log4j12-warning,log4j13-warning,logkit-warning,jdk1.4-warning,avalon-framework-warning,servletapi-warning,compile-1.4'/>
 
   <target name="compile-only" 
     depends="prepare,discovery,warning,show-lib-presence,compile-non-log4j,compile-log4j12,compile-log4j13,build-jar"/>
@@ -365,6 +374,7 @@
     
       <exclude name="org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Log4J*.java"/>
 
+	  <exclude unless="servletapi.present" name="org/apache/commons/logging/impl/ServletContextCleaner.java" ></exclude>
       <exclude name="org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java"
                unless="jdk.1.4.present"/>
       <exclude name="org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk14Logger.java"