diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 52600ba1db0af2eb4f507158ca66538eae12ac22..b82952b56e3e16e7e467eb93e260c09fe30d2450 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     </target>
 
     <target name="run.viskit" depends="set.classpath" description="Start the Visual Simikit (viskit) DES Authoring Tool on any O/S">
+        <ant antfile="examples/build.xml" target="jar" useNativeBasedir="true"/>
         <splash imageurl="file:${basedir}/${splash.image}"
                 useproxy="true"
                 showduration="5000"/>