diff --git a/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/Sketch.java.template b/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/Sketch.java.template
index 4ac1981..7e8d060 100644
--- a/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/Sketch.java.template
+++ b/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/Sketch.java.template
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package $package_name;
 import processing.core.*;
 
 public class Sketch extends PApplet {
-    
+
     public void setup() {
-        
+
     }
 
     public void draw() {
-        
+
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/build.xml.template b/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/build.xml.template
index 1646ece..f078a02 100644
--- a/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/build.xml.template
+++ b/Commands/templates/new_java_ant_project/build.xml.template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <property name="processing.dir"
               value="$processing_library_path" />
     <property name="src.dir"     value="src" />
+    <property name="lib.dir"     value="lib" />
     <property name="build.dir"   value="build" />
     <property name="classes.dir" value="$${build.dir}/classes" />
     <property name="jar.dir"     value="dist" />
@@ -11,13 +12,20 @@
     <fileset id="processing.library" dir="$${processing.dir}">
         <include name="*.jar" />
     </fileset>
+    <fileset id="lib" dir="$${lib.dir}">
+        <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+    </fileset>
 
-    <path id="build.classpath">
+    <path id="compile.classpath">
+        <fileset refid="processing.library" />
+        <fileset refid="lib" />
+    </path>
+    <path id="jar.classpath">
         <fileset refid="processing.library" />
     </path>
 
     <pathconvert property="manifest.classpath" pathsep=" ">
-        <path refid="build.classpath"/>
+        <path refid="jar.classpath"/>
         <mapper>
             <chainedmapper>
                <flattenmapper />
@@ -34,7 +42,7 @@
 
     <target name="compile">
         <mkdir dir="$${classes.dir}" />
-        <javac srcdir="$${src.dir}" destdir="$${classes.dir}" classpathref="build.classpath"
+        <javac srcdir="$${src.dir}" destdir="$${classes.dir}" classpathref="compile.classpath"
                includeantruntime="false" />
     </target>
 
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@
                 <attribute name="Main-Class" value="$${main-class}" />
                 <attribute name="Class-Path" value="$${manifest.classpath}" />
             </manifest>
+            <zipgroupfileset dir="$${lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar" />
         </jar>
     </target>
 
diff --git a/Processing.py b/Processing.py
index 1617a94..9a95dfd 100644
--- a/Processing.py
+++ b/Processing.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def run(self):
                                      "com.foo.appname or simplepackagename",
                                      functools.partial(self.generate_project),
                                      None, None)
-  
+
     def generate_project(self, package_name):
         generated_source_path = os.path.join(self.window.folders()[0],
                                              SOURCE_DIRECTORY_NAME,
@@ -29,15 +29,18 @@ def generate_project(self, package_name):
                                           package_name)
         self.window.open_file(os.path.join(generated_source_path, SKETCH_FILE_NAME))
         sublime.status_message(STATUS_MESSAGE)
-    
+
     def create_project_directories(self, path):
         if not os.path.exists(path):
             os.makedirs(path)
-  
+        lib_directory = os.path.join(self.window.folders()[0], 'lib')
+        if not os.path.exists(lib_directory):
+            os.mkdir(lib_directory)
+
     def generate_files_from_template(self, template_path, generated_source_path, package_name):
         self.generate_buildfile(template_path, package_name)
         self.generate_java_boilerplate(template_path, generated_source_path, package_name)
-    
+
     def generate_buildfile(self, template_path, package_name):
         with open(os.path.join(template_path, BUILDFILE_TEMPLATE_NAME), 'r') as build_template:
             template = string.Template(build_template.read())
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 379ba44..82645e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Make sure that the variable `DEFAULT_PROCESSING_LIBRARY_PATH` within the file `P
 5. Use **⌘B** to build and run your sketch. Out of the box, you should see a full screen app that displays the default 200x200px gray sketch, which is the Processing default.
 
 You can now implement `setup` and `draw`, add additional classes to your sketch, and run it with **⌘B**. Just be sure that _Ant_ is the active build system.
+You can add library jars to the `lib` subdirectory and `ant` will bundle it up with your project's generated jar file.
 
 
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