diff --git a/dependencies.xml b/dependencies.xml
index 048ecc067..6ddb97994 100644
--- a/dependencies.xml
+++ b/dependencies.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
 			<pathelement path="${dependencies.basedir.windows}" />
 		</path>
 		<pathconvert targetos="unix" property="dependencies.basedir" refid="dependencies.basedir.path"/>
+		<echo message="Using windows directory format: ${line.separator}"/>
+		<echo message="dependencies.basedir = ${dependencies.basedir}"/>
     </target>
 	
 	<target name="unix.directory.format" unless="isWindows">
 	     <dirname property="dependencies.basedir" file="${ant.file.dependencies}"/>
+		 <echo message="Using unix directory format: ${line.separator}"/>
+		 <echo message="dependencies.basedir = ${dependencies.basedir}"/>
     </target>
 
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
diff --git a/interfaces/eclipse/build.xml b/interfaces/eclipse/build.xml
index ff4d6e5f2..6123d978e 100644
--- a/interfaces/eclipse/build.xml
+++ b/interfaces/eclipse/build.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <project name="mopt.xtext" default="default">
     <import file="../../build/ant/build-common.xml"/>
+	<import file="../../dependencies.xml"/>
 
 	<condition property="isWindows">
 		<os family="windows" />
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
         </exec>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="maven.build" depends="render.target.template" unless="isWindows">
+    <target name="maven.build" depends="render.target.template, unix.directory.format" unless="isWindows">
         <exec dir="." executable="mvn" failifexecutionfails="true" failonerror="true">
             <arg value="-f" />
             <arg value="src/pom.xml"/>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 
     <!-- Render target file from a template to point to the local maven repository -->
 
-    <target name="render.target.template">
+    <target name="render.target.template" depends="unix.directory.format, windows.directory.format">
 
         <!-- Copy task that replaces values and copies the files -->
         <copy todir="src/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.interfaces.eclipse.target/" verbose="true" overwrite="true" failonerror="true">