diff --git a/fop/build.xml b/fop/build.xml
index eb6455d..523b37c 100644
--- a/fop/build.xml
+++ b/fop/build.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,73 @@
   <property environment="env"/>
   <property file="${basedir}/build-local.properties"/>
   <property file="${basedir}/build.properties"/>
+  <fileset dir="${basedir}/.." id="dist.bin">
+    <include name="KEYS"/>
+    <include name="LICENSE"/>
+    <include name="NOTICE"/>
+    <include name="README"/>
+    <include name="fop/conf/**"/>
+    <include name="fop/examples/**"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.bat"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.cmd"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.js"/>
+    <include name="fop/status.xml"/>
+  </fileset>
+  <fileset dir="${basedir}/.." id="dist.bin.lib">
+    <patternset id="dist.lib">
+      <include name="fop/lib/README*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/avalon-framework*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/batik*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/commons-io*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/commons-logging*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/fontbox*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/serializer*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/xalan*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/xerces*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/xml-apis*"/>
+      <include name="fop/lib/xmlgraphics-commons*"/>
+    </patternset>
+  </fileset>
+  <patternset id="dist.src.lib.build">
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/asm*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/hamcrest*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/jaxen*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/mockito*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/objenesis*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/pmd*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/qdox*"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/build/xmlunit*"/>
+  </patternset>
+  <fileset dir="${basedir}/.." id="dist.src">
+    <include name="KEYS"/>
+    <include name="LICENSE"/>
+    <include name="NOTICE"/>
+    <include name="README"/>
+    <include name="fop/build.*"/>
+    <include name="fop/checkstyle*"/>
+    <exclude name="fop/checkstyle-noframes.xsl"/>
+    <include name="fop/conf/**"/>
+    <include name="fop/examples/**"/>
+    <include name="fop/findbugs*"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.bat"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.cmd"/>
+    <include name="fop/fop.js"/>
+    <include name="fop/forrest.*"/>
+    <include name="fop/hyph/hyphenation.dtd"/>
+    <include name="fop/hyph/readme"/>
+    <include name="fop/jacoco*"/>
+    <include name="fop/known-issues.xml"/>
+    <include name="fop/lib/servlet*"/>
+    <include name="fop/status.xml"/>
+    <include name="fop*/pom.xml"/>
+    <include name="pom.xml"/>
+    <include name="*/src/**"/>
+    <include name="fop/test/**"/>
+    <patternset refid="dist.lib"/>
+    <patternset refid="dist.src.lib.build"/>
+  </fileset>
   <path id="libs-build-classpath">
     <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib">
       <include name="*.jar"/>
@@ -159,6 +226,11 @@
   <property name="build.viewer.images.dir" value="${build.classes.dir}/org/apache/fop/render/awt/viewer/images"/>
   <property name="build.property.examples.mime.type" value="application/pdf"/>
   <property name="build.property.tests.mime.type" value="application/pdf"/>
+  <property name="dist.bin.dir" value="${basedir}/dist-bin"/>
+  <property name="dist.src.dir" value="${basedir}/dist-src"/>
+  <property name="nightly.dir" value="${basedir}/nightly"/>
+  <property name="dist.bin.result.dir" value="${dist.bin.dir}/${name}-${version}"/>
+  <property name="dist.src.result.dir" value="${dist.src.dir}/${name}-${version}"/>
   <tstamp/>
   <property name="samedir" value="${basedir}"/>
   <property name="junit.reports.dir" value="${build.dir}/test-reports"/>
@@ -1168,18 +1240,118 @@
 <!-- =================================================================== -->
 <!-- Creates the distribution                                            -->
 <!-- =================================================================== -->
-<!-- Change dist/release targets to NO-OPs, deferring to maven. -->
-  <target name="dist">
-    <echo message="Use maven deploy for FOP releases; release process no longer supported by ant configuration."/>
+<!-- It would be better to make dist depend on distclean. But as long as the forrest projectInfo plugin depends on a higher Java version (1.5) than we use for the compilation (1.4), leaving it out enables a workaround -->
+  <target name="dist" depends="dist-prereq,dist-src,dist-bin" description="Generates the distribution package"/>
+  <target name="dist-prereq" depends="init,dist-get-jai">
+    <fail message="A complete binary build requires JAI" unless="jai.present"/>
+    <fail message="A complete binary build requires JCE" unless="jce.present"/>
   </target>
-  <target name="dist-bin">
-    <echo message="Use maven deploy for FOP releases; release process no longer supported by ant configuration."/>
+  <target name="dist-get-jai" description="Attempts to download the JAI library dependency" unless="jai.present">
+    <echo message="JAI Support NOT present - attempting to download... "/>
+    <get src="http://download.java.net/media/jai/builds/release/1_1_3/jai-1_1_3-lib.zip" dest="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3-lib.zip" verbose="true" />
+    <unzip src="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3-lib.zip" dest="${java.io.tmpdir}">
+      <patternset>
+        <include name="jai-1_1_3/lib/*"/>
+      </patternset>
+    </unzip>
+    <copy todir="${basedir}/lib" file="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3/lib/jai_core.jar" />
+    <copy todir="${basedir}/lib" file="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3/lib/jai_codec.jar" />
+    <delete dir="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3" />
+    <delete file="${java.io.tmpdir}/jai-1_1_3-lib.zip" />
+    <property name="jai.present" value="true"/>
+  </target>
+  <target name="dist-bin" depends="all,javadocs">
+    <echo message="Building the binary distribution files (zip,tar)"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${dist.bin.result.dir}"/>
+    <copy todir="${dist.bin.result.dir}">
+      <fileset refid="dist.bin"/>
+      <fileset refid="dist.bin.lib"/>
+    </copy>
+    <copy todir="${dist.bin.result.dir}/javadocs">
+      <fileset dir="${build.javadocs.dir}"/>
+    </copy>
+    <mkdir dir="${dist.bin.result.dir}/fop/build"/>
+    <copy todir="${dist.bin.result.dir}/fop/build" file="build/fop.jar"/>
+    <chmod file="${dist.bin.result.dir}/fop/fop" perm="ugo+rx"/>
+    <zip zipfile="${name}-${version}-bin.zip" basedir="${dist.bin.dir}" includes="**"/>
+    <tar longfile="gnu" destfile="${name}-${version}-bin.tar">
+      <tarfileset dir="${dist.bin.dir}" mode="755">
+        <include name="${name}-${version}/fop"/>
+      </tarfileset>
+      <tarfileset dir="${dist.bin.dir}">
+        <include name="**"/>
+        <exclude name="${name}-${version}/fop"/>
+      </tarfileset>
+    </tar>
+    <gzip zipfile="${name}-${version}-bin.tar.gz" src="${name}-${version}-bin.tar"/>
+    <delete file="${name}-${version}-bin.tar"/>
   </target>
   <target name="dist-src">
-    <echo message="Use maven deploy for FOP releases; release process no longer supported by ant configuration."/>
+    <echo message="Building the source distribution files (zip,tar)"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${dist.src.result.dir}"/>
+    <copy todir="${dist.src.result.dir}">
+      <fileset refid="dist.src"/>
+    </copy>
+    <chmod file="${dist.src.result.dir}/fop" perm="ugo+rx"/>
+    <zip zipfile="${name}-${version}-src.zip" basedir="${dist.src.dir}" includes="**"/>
+    <tar longfile="gnu" destfile="${name}-${version}-src.tar">
+      <tarfileset dir="${dist.src.dir}" mode="755">
+        <include name="${name}-${version}/fop"/>
+      </tarfileset>
+      <tarfileset dir="${dist.src.dir}">
+        <include name="**"/>
+        <exclude name="${name}-${version}/fop"/>
+      </tarfileset>
+    </tar>
+    <gzip zipfile="${name}-${version}-src.tar.gz" src="${name}-${version}-src.tar"/>
+    <delete file="${name}-${version}-src.tar"/>
   </target>
-  <target name="release-dist">
-    <echo message="Use maven deploy for FOP releases; release process no longer supported by ant configuration."/>
+  <target name="release-dist" depends="dist" description="Generates the distribution package and signs the release">
+    <property name="bin.suffix" value="bin"/>
+    <input message="Passphrase for your default private key (attention: passphrase will be echoed in clear text on the display!)" addproperty="pwd"/>
+    <antcall target="md5">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-src.zip"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="sign-file">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-src.zip"/>
+      <param name="pwd" value="${pwd}"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="md5">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-src.tar.gz"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="sign-file">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-src.tar.gz"/>
+      <param name="pwd" value="${pwd}"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="md5">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-${bin.suffix}.zip"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="sign-file">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-${bin.suffix}.zip"/>
+      <param name="pwd" value="${pwd}"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="md5">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-${bin.suffix}.tar.gz"/>
+    </antcall>
+    <antcall target="sign-file">
+      <param name="sign.archive" value="${name}-${version}-${bin.suffix}.tar.gz"/>
+      <param name="pwd" value="${pwd}"/>
+    </antcall>
+  </target>
+  <target name="md5">
+    <property name="md5.exec" value="md5sum"/>
+    <property name="md5.options" value=""/>
+    <exec executable="${md5.exec}" output="${sign.archive}.md5">
+      <arg line="${md5.options} ${sign.archive}"/>
+    </exec>
+  </target>
+  <target name="sign-file">
+    <property name="gpg.exec" value="gpg"/>
+    <property name="gpg.options" value="--armor --detach-sign --force-v3-sigs --batch --verbose --passphrase-fd 0"/>
+    <delete file="${sign.archive}.asc"/>
+    <exec executable="${gpg.exec}" inputstring="${pwd}">
+      <arg line="${gpg.options} ${sign.archive}"/>
+    </exec>
   </target>
 <!-- =================================================================== -->
 <!-- Nightly builds                                                      -->
@@ -1321,7 +1493,15 @@
   <target name="remove-cache" description="Removes the .fop cache directory">
     <delete dir="${user.home}/.fop" />
   </target>
-  <target name="distclean"/>
+  <target name="distclean" depends="clean" description="Cleans the distribution target directories">
+    <delete dir="${dist.src.dir}"/>
+    <delete dir="${dist.bin.dir}"/>
+    <delete>
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}" includes="${name}-*.tar.gz"/>
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}" includes="${name}-*.zip"/>
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}" includes="${name}-bundle.jar"/>
+    </delete>
+  </target>
 <!-- =================================================================== -->
 <!-- Local targets                                                       -->
 <!-- =================================================================== -->