diff --git a/python/build/release.xml b/python/build/release.xml
index 2a3879bb8b1c..24532831c74b 100644
--- a/python/build/release.xml
+++ b/python/build/release.xml
@@ -5,20 +5,17 @@
   <property name="platform.dir" value="${out.dir}/platform/platform15"/>
   <property name="idea.dir" value="${out.dir}/idea"/>
 
-  <target name="release" depends="unzip,compile,jar,zip"/>
+  <target name="release" depends="compile,jar,zip"/>
 
   <target name="init">
     <tstamp/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="unzip">
-    <unzip dest="${idea.dir}/jdk15">
-      <fileset dir="${idea.dir}" includes="idea*-jdk15.zip"/>
-    </unzip>
-  </target>
-
   <taskdef name="javac2" classname="com.intellij.ant.Javac2">
-    <classpath path="${basedir}/javac2.jar"/>
+    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/javac2.jar"/>
+    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/asm.jar"/>
+    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/asm-commons.jar"/>
+    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/jdom.jar"/>
   </taskdef>
 
   <fileset id="idea.libraries" dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib">
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@
     <replace file="${classes.dir}/idea/PythonApplicationInfo.xml" token="__BUILD_DATE__" value="${DSTAMP}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="jar" depends="compile,unzip">
+  <target name="jar" depends="compile">
     <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/jar"/>
     <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/deploy"/>
     <unzip src="${platform.dir}/platform.jar" dest="${out.dir}/jar"/>
diff --git a/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml b/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..daf770b0683e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<project name="Python IDE Release Build Bootstrap" default="main">
+  <property name="project.home" value="${basedir}/../../.."/>
+  <property name="idea.dir" value="${project.home}/out/python/idea"/>
+
+  <target name="unzip">
+    <unzip dest="${idea.dir}/jdk15">
+      <fileset dir="${idea.dir}" includes="idea*-jdk15.zip"/>
+    </unzip>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="main" depends="unzip">
+    <java failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="true">
+
+      <jvmarg line="-Xms64m -Xmx512m"/>
+      <jvmarg line="-Dbuild.number=${build.number}"/>
+
+      <classpath>
+        <fileset dir="${project.home}/build/lib">
+          <include name="antlayout.jar"/>
+          <include name="commons-net-1.4.1.jar"/>
+          <include name="jsch-0.1.28.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+        <fileset dir="${project.home}/lib/ant/lib">
+          <include name="*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </classpath>
+
+      <arg value="-f"/>
+      <arg value="release.xml"/>
+      <arg value="-verbose"/>
+    </java>
+  </target>
+</project>