diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d4223e27b..d0bb1dd30 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="debug-test" depends="-test-property-check,compile-main" description="Runs a single test case specified with -Dtestcase=classname with remote debug options turned on." >
+	    <echo>Waiting for debugger on port 5001</echo>    
         <junit printsummary="no" showoutput="true" filtertrace="no" fork="yes" haltonfailure="${halt.on.test.failure}" failureproperty="main.test.failed">
             <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
             <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=5001,server=y,suspend=y"/>
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@
             <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
             <sysproperty key="HDF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdf/data"/>
             <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -479,6 +481,7 @@
 	            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
 	            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
 	            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
 	            <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
 	                <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
 	            <formatter type="plain" usefile="no"/>