diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh
index e97c8c77b60..ea154dc9293 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ buildInputs="$unzip $apacheAnt $jdk"
 source $stdenv/setup
 
 unzip $src
-cd axis2-*/webapp
+cd axis2-*
+ensureDir $out/share/java/axis2
+cp lib/* $out/share/java/axis2
+cd webapp
 ant
 ensureDir $out/webapps
 cp ../dist/axis2.war $out/webapps