diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8dd3d67d02fed007b80d9ebf1bdfee2ba9ca1ee0..f72320384c4d35f0f0ce13ac743fb6c8240f7627 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@
 
         <!-- create custom import configurations to load the MARC filename into the building facet to help
              test cases to limit searches to within specific collections of test records. -->
-        <exec command="echo building=\&quot;${BASENAME}\&quot; &gt; ${srcdir}/local/import/marc-${BASENAME}.properties" />
+        <copy file="${srcdir}/import/marc_local.properties" tofile="${srcdir}/local/import/marc-${BASENAME}.properties" />
+        <exec command="echo building=\&quot;${BASENAME}\&quot; &gt;&gt; ${srcdir}/local/import/marc-${BASENAME}.properties" />
         <exec command="sed -e &quot;s!marc_local.properties!marc-${BASENAME}.properties!&quot; ${srcdir}/local/import/import.properties &gt; ${srcdir}/local/import/import-${BASENAME}.properties" />
 
         <!-- perform the import -->