diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c34bcfc109..daf0516260 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@
         </classpath>
         <batchtest todir="${build.test.dir}/output">
             <fileset dir="@{inputdir}" includes="@{filter}" excludes="@{exclude}"/>
-	    <filelist dir="@{inputdir}" files="@{filelist}"/>
+            <filelist dir="@{inputdir}" files="@{filelist}"/>
         </batchtest>
       </junit>
       <fail message="Some @{suitename} test(s) failed.">
@@ -1223,10 +1223,45 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="cql-test" depends="build-test" description="Execute CQL tests">
-    <testmacro suitename="cql" inputdir="${test.unit.src}"
-            timeout="${test.timeout}" filter="**/cql3/*Test.java"
-            forkmode="once">
-    </testmacro>
+    <sequential>
+      <echo message="running CQL tests"/>
+      <mkdir dir="${build.test.dir}/cassandra"/>
+      <mkdir dir="${build.test.dir}/output"/>
+      <junit fork="on" forkmode="once" failureproperty="testfailed" maxmemory="1024m" timeout="${test.timeout}">
+        <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-Dstorage-config=${test.conf}"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-Djava.awt.headless=true"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-javaagent:${basedir}/lib/jamm-0.2.6.jar" />
+        <jvmarg value="-ea"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-Xss256k"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.memtable_row_overhead_computation_step=100"/>
+        <jvmarg value="-Dcassandra.test.use_prepared=${cassandra.test.use_prepared}"/>
+        <classpath>
+          <path refid="cassandra.classpath" />
+          <pathelement location="${test.classes}"/>
+          <path refid="cobertura.classpath"/>
+          <pathelement location="${test.conf}"/>
+          <fileset dir="${test.lib}">
+            <include name="**/*.jar" />
+          </fileset>
+        </classpath>
+        <batchtest todir="${build.test.dir}/output">
+            <fileset dir="${test.unit.src}" includes="**/cql3/*Test.java">
+                <contains text="CQLTester" casesensitive="yes"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </batchtest>
+      </junit>
+      <fail message="Some CQL test(s) failed.">
+        <condition>
+            <and>
+            <isset property="testfailed"/>
+            <not>
+              <isset property="ant.test.failure.ignore"/>
+            </not>
+          </and>
+        </condition>
+      </fail>
+    </sequential>
   </target>
 
   <target name="cql-test-some" depends="build-test" description="Execute specific CQL tests" >