diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3e78008e7..da3d58500 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 <property name="build" location="classes"/>
 <property name="htroot" location="htroot"/>
 <property name="locales" location="locales"/>
+<property name="ranking" location="ranking"/>
 <property name="release" location="RELEASE"/>
 <property name="htdocsWWW" location="${data}/HTDOCS/www"/>
 <property name="release_main" location="${release}/MAIN"/>
@@ -463,6 +464,13 @@
 	  </fileset>
 	</copy>
 
+	  <!-- copy ranking files -->
+	<copy todir="${release_main}/ranking">
+	  <fileset dir="${ranking}">
+	     <include name="**/*"/>
+	  </fileset>
+	</copy>
+
 	  <!-- copy development tools -->
 	<copy todir="${release_main}">
 	  <fileset dir=".">