diff --git a/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh b/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
index 8f4adca08..a328478bc 100644
--- a/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/phing/phing.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+stat -f%m . > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
+  stat_cmd=(stat -f%m)
+else
+  stat_cmd=(stat -L --format=%Y)
+fi
+
 _phing_does_target_list_need_generating () {
   if [ ! -f .phing_targets ]; then return 0;
   else
-    accurate=$(stat -f%m .phing_targets)
-    changed=$(stat -f%m build.xml)
+    accurate=$($stat_cmd .phing_targets)
+    changed=$($stat_cmd build.xml)
     return $(expr $accurate '>=' $changed)
   fi
 }
@@ -10,7 +17,7 @@ _phing_does_target_list_need_generating () {
 _phing () {
   if [ -f build.xml ]; then
     if _phing_does_target_list_need_generating; then
-      phing -l |grep -v ":" |grep -v "^$"|grep -v "\-" > .phing_targets
+      phing -l |grep -v ":" |grep -v "^$"|grep -v "\-" | awk '{print $1}' | uniq > .phing_targets
     fi
     compadd `cat .phing_targets`
   fi