diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 616950e3..a297d34d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 	<property name="tools.dir" value="tools"/>
 	<property name="tools.ant" value="${tools.dir}/ant"/>
 	<property name="tools.mdcheck" value="${tools.dir}/mdcheck"/>
+    <property name="tools.mdnorm" value="${tools.dir}/mdnorm"/>
 	<property name="tools.metadatatool" value="${tools.dir}/metadatatool"/>
 	<property name="tools.xmlsectool" value="${tools.dir}/xmlsectool"/>
 	<property name="tools.xalan" value="${tools.dir}/xalan"/>
@@ -473,6 +474,28 @@
             o="${test.prod.unsigned}" />
 	</target>
     
+    <!--
+        *********************************
+        ***                           ***
+        ***   M D N O R M   T O O L   ***
+        ***                           ***
+        *********************************
+    -->
+    
+    <macrodef name="MDNORM">
+        <attribute name="i"/><!-- input file, assumed to be in the XML directory -->
+        <sequential>
+            <java fork="true" maxmemory="${java.max.memory}" failonerror="true" classname="uk.ac.sdss.mdnorm.Normalise">
+                <classpath>
+                    <fileset dir="${tools.mdnorm}/lib">
+                        <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+                    </fileset>
+                </classpath>
+                <arg value="${xml.dir}/@{i}"/>
+            </java>
+        </sequential>
+    </macrodef>
+
 	<!--
 		*********************************************
 		***                                       ***
diff --git a/tools/mdnorm/lib/sdss-mdnorm-1.0.jar b/tools/mdnorm/lib/sdss-mdnorm-1.0.jar
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