--- a/apisupport.harness/release/cobertura.xml	
+++ a/apisupport.harness/release/cobertura.xml	
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ 
   NOTE: At present, this only measure coverage for unit tests.  Functional
   tests, performance tests and other types of tests are not considered.
 -->
+   <property name="harness.dir" value="${nb_all}/nbbuild/netbeans/harness"/>
+	<property name="permit.jdk6.builds" value="yes"/> <!-- cobertura.jar needs java 6 -->
     <path id="cobertura.classpath">
         <fileset dir="${cobertura.dir}">
             <include name="cobertura-1.9.jar" />
--- a/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml	
+++ a/nbbuild/templates/projectized.xml	
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ 
 
     <import file="../default.xml"/>
     <import file="common.xml"/>
+	 <import file="../netbeans/harness/cobertura.xml"/>
     <target name="common-init" depends="default.init"/>
     <target name="init" depends="basic-init,files-init,build-init,-javac-init,-init-proxy"/>