diff --git a/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh b/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
index 45f2b06eb..0b738c94f 100644
--- a/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/ant/ant.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 _ant_does_target_list_need_generating () {
   [ ! -f .ant_targets ] && return 0;
-  [ .ant_targets -nt build.xml ] && return 0;
+  [ build.xml -nt .ant_targets ] && return 0;
   return 1;
 }
 
 _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`
+    compadd -- `cat .ant_targets`
   fi
 }