diff --git a/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh b/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
index 38d13f2a8..a945967d5 100644
--- a/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _ant_does_target_list_need_generating () {
 _ant () {
   if [ -f build.xml ]; then
     if _ant_does_target_list_need_generating; then
-     sed -n '/<target/s/<target.*name="\([^"]*\).*$/\1/p' build.xml > .ant_targets
+    	ant -p | awk -F " " 'NR > 5 { print lastTarget }{lastTarget = $1}' > .ant_targets
     fi
     compadd `cat .ant_targets`
   fi