diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5361c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+<!-- Ant build file (http://ant.apache.org/) for Ant 1.6.2 or above.        -->
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+<project name="voms-api-java" default="package" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Import maven-build.xml into the current project                        -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <import file="maven-build.xml"/>
+  
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Help target                                                            -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="help">
+    <echo message="Please run: $ant -projecthelp"/>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-build.properties b/maven-build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..333e3e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#Generated by Maven Ant Plugin - DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
+#Fri Jan 05 13:07:13 CET 2018
+maven.build.testDir.0=src/test/java
+plugin.nexus-staging.version=1.6.3
+canl.version=2.2.1
+maven.settings.offline=true
+plugin.assembly.version=2.4.1
+junit.version=4.11
+maven.settings.interactiveMode=true
+assembly.javadoc.dir=/usr/share/javadoc/voms-api-java
+plugin.deploy.version=2.8.2
+maven.reporting.outputDirectory=${maven.build.dir}/site
+project.build.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+maven.build.testOutputDir=${maven.build.dir}/test-classes
+plugin.release.version=2.2.2
+jcip.version=1.0
+plugin.cobertura.version=2.5.2
+maven.build.finalName=voms-api-java-3.2.0
+mockito.version=1.9.5
+maven.test.reports=${maven.build.dir}/test-reports
+plugin.source.version=2.2.1
+hamcrest.version=1.3
+maven.repo.local=${user.home}/.m2/repository
+maven.build.dir=target
+maven.build.outputDir=${maven.build.dir}/classes
+project.reporting.outputEncoding=UTF-8
+plugin.jar.version=2.5
+project.build.directory=${maven.build.dir}
+assembly.doc.dir=/usr/share/doc/voms-api-java
+maven.build.resourceDir.0=src/main/resources
+plugin.compiler.version=3.1
+plugin.gpg.version=1.5
+maven.build.srcDir.0=src/main/java
+assembly.java.dir=/usr/share/java
+maven.build.testResourceDir.0=src/test/resources
+project.build.outputDirectory=${maven.build.outputDir}
+plugin.license.version=1.9.0
+plugin.javadoc.version=2.9.1
diff --git a/maven-build.xml b/maven-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd7596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+<!-- Ant build file (http://ant.apache.org/) for Ant 1.6.2 or above.        -->
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+<!-- ===================== - DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! - ===================== -->
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+<!--                                                                        -->
+<!-- Any modifications will be overwritten.                                 -->
+<!--                                                                        -->
+<!-- Generated by Maven Ant Plugin on 1/5/18 1:07 PM                        -->
+<!-- See: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-ant-plugin/                 -->
+<!--                                                                        -->
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+<project name="voms-api-java-from-maven" default="package" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <property file="${user.home}/.m2/maven.properties"/>
+  <property file="maven-build.properties"/>
+
+  <property name="maven.build.finalName" value="voms-api-java-3.2.0"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.dir" value="target"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.outputDir" value="${maven.build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.srcDir.0" value="src/main/java"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.resourceDir.0" value="src/main/resources"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.testOutputDir" value="${maven.build.dir}/test-classes"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.testDir.0" value="src/test/java"/>
+  <property name="maven.build.testResourceDir.0" value="src/test/resources"/>
+  <property name="maven.test.reports" value="${maven.build.dir}/test-reports"/>
+  <property name="maven.reporting.outputDirectory" value="${maven.build.dir}/site"/>
+
+  <property name="maven.repo.local" value="${user.home}/.m2/repository"/>
+  <property name="maven.settings.offline" value="false"/>
+  <property name="maven.settings.interactiveMode" value="true"/>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <path id="build.classpath">
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/eu/eu-emi/security/canl/2.2.1/canl-2.2.1.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on/1.52/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.52.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.52/bcprov-jdk15on-1.52.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/net/jcip/jcip-annotations/1.0/jcip-annotations-1.0.jar"/>
+  </path>
+  <path id="build.test.classpath">
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/junit/junit/4.11/junit-4.11.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.3/hamcrest-library-1.3.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/eu/eu-emi/security/canl/2.2.1/canl-2.2.1.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on/1.52/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.52.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.52/bcprov-jdk15on-1.52.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/net/jcip/jcip-annotations/1.0/jcip-annotations-1.0.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/mockito/mockito-core/1.9.5/mockito-core-1.9.5.jar"/>
+    <pathelement location="${maven.repo.local}/org/objenesis/objenesis/1.0/objenesis-1.0.jar"/>
+  </path>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Cleaning up target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="clean" description="Clean the output directory">
+    <delete dir="${maven.build.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Compilation target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile" depends="get-deps" description="Compile the code">
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.build.outputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${maven.build.outputDir}" 
+           nowarn="false" 
+           debug="true" 
+           optimize="false" 
+           deprecation="true" 
+           target="1.6" 
+           verbose="false" 
+           fork="false" 
+           source="1.6">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${maven.build.srcDir.0}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javac>
+    <copy todir="${maven.build.outputDir}">
+      <fileset dir="${maven.build.resourceDir.0}"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Test-compilation target                                                -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile-tests" 
+          depends="compile" 
+          description="Compile the test code" 
+          unless="maven.test.skip">
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.build.testOutputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${maven.build.testOutputDir}" 
+           nowarn="false" 
+           debug="true" 
+           optimize="false" 
+           deprecation="true" 
+           target="1.6" 
+           verbose="false" 
+           fork="false" 
+           source="1.6">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${maven.build.testDir.0}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
+        <pathelement location="${maven.build.outputDir}"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </javac>
+    <copy todir="${maven.build.testOutputDir}">
+      <fileset dir="${maven.build.testResourceDir.0}"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Run all tests                                                          -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="test" 
+          depends="compile-tests, junit-missing" 
+          unless="junit.skipped" 
+          description="Run the test cases">
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.test.reports}"/>
+    <junit printSummary="yes" haltonerror="true" haltonfailure="true" fork="true" dir=".">
+      <sysproperty key="basedir" value="."/>
+      <formatter type="xml"/>
+      <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/>
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
+        <pathelement location="${maven.build.outputDir}"/>
+        <pathelement location="${maven.build.testOutputDir}"/>
+      </classpath>
+      <batchtest todir="${maven.test.reports}" unless="test">
+        <fileset dir="${maven.build.testDir.0}">
+          <include name="**/Test*.java"/>
+          <include name="**/*Test.java"/>
+          <include name="**/*TestCase.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/*Abstract*Test.java"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+      <batchtest todir="${maven.test.reports}" if="test">
+        <fileset dir="${maven.build.testDir.0}">
+          <include name="**/${test}.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/*Abstract*Test.java"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+    </junit>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-junit-present">
+    <available classname="junit.framework.Test" property="junit.present" classpathref="build.test.classpath"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-junit-status" 
+          depends="test-junit-present">
+    <condition property="junit.missing">
+      <and>
+        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
+        <isfalse value="${maven.test.skip}"/>
+      </and>
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="junit.skipped">
+      <or>
+        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
+        <istrue value="${maven.test.skip}"/>
+      </or>
+    </condition>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="junit-missing" 
+          depends="test-junit-status" 
+          if="junit.missing">
+    <echo>=================================== WARNING ===================================</echo>
+    <echo> JUnit is not present in the test classpath or your $ANT_HOME/lib directory. Tests not executed.</echo>
+    <echo>===============================================================================</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generates the Javadoc of the application">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="${maven.build.srcDir.0}" 
+             packagenames="*" 
+             destdir="${maven.reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs" 
+             access="protected" 
+             old="false" 
+             verbose="false" 
+             version="true" 
+             use="true" 
+             author="true" 
+             splitindex="false" 
+             nodeprecated="false" 
+             nodeprecatedlist="false" 
+             notree="false" 
+             noindex="false" 
+             nohelp="false" 
+             nonavbar="false" 
+             serialwarn="false" 
+             charset="UTF-8" 
+             linksource="false" 
+             breakiterator="false"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Package target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="package" depends="compile,test" description="Package the application">
+    <jar jarfile="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.build.finalName}.jar" 
+         compress="true" 
+         index="false" 
+         basedir="${maven.build.outputDir}" 
+         excludes="**/package.html"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- A dummy target for the package named after the type it creates         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="jar" depends="package" description="Builds the jar for the application"/>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Download dependencies target                                           -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="test-offline">
+    <condition property="maven.mode.offline">
+      <equals arg1="${maven.settings.offline}" arg2="true"/>
+    </condition>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="get-deps" 
+          depends="test-offline" 
+          description="Download all dependencies" 
+          unless="maven.mode.offline">
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/junit/junit/4.11"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/junit/junit/4.11/junit-4.11.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/junit/junit/4.11/junit-4.11.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.3"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.3/hamcrest-library-1.3.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.3/hamcrest-library-1.3.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/eu/eu-emi/security/canl/2.2.1"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/eu/eu-emi/security/canl/2.2.1/canl-2.2.1.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/eu/eu-emi/security/canl/2.2.1/canl-2.2.1.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on/1.52"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on/1.52/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.52.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk15on/1.52/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.52.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.52"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.52/bcprov-jdk15on-1.52.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.52/bcprov-jdk15on-1.52.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/commons-io/commons-io/2.4"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/net/jcip/jcip-annotations/1.0"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/net/jcip/jcip-annotations/1.0/jcip-annotations-1.0.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/net/jcip/jcip-annotations/1.0/jcip-annotations-1.0.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/mockito/mockito-core/1.9.5"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/mockito/mockito-core/1.9.5/mockito-core-1.9.5.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/mockito/mockito-core/1.9.5/mockito-core-1.9.5.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${maven.repo.local}/org/objenesis/objenesis/1.0"/>
+    <get src="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/objenesis/objenesis/1.0/objenesis-1.0.jar" 
+         dest="${maven.repo.local}/org/objenesis/objenesis/1.0/objenesis-1.0.jar" 
+         usetimestamp="false" 
+         ignoreerrors="true"/>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/voms-api-java.spec b/voms-api-java.spec
index 84b8fdf..9b84a91 100644
--- a/voms-api-java.spec
+++ b/voms-api-java.spec
@@ -6,18 +6,26 @@ Summary:	Virtual Organization Membership Service Java API
 License:	ASL 2.0
 URL:		https://wiki.italiangrid.it/VOMS
 Source0:	https://github.com/italiangrid/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+#		These are build instructions for ant generated from the maven
+#		build instructions using the maven ant plugin.
+#		These are used for building on EPEL 6 since there is no maven
+#		available there.
+Source1:	build.xml
+Source2:	maven-build.xml
+Source3:	maven-build.properties
 #		Disable tests using non-local network interface
 Patch0:		%{name}-no-local.patch
 #		Adapt to canl-java version 2.5
 Patch1:		%{name}-canl-2.5.patch
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
-BuildRequires:	maven-local
-BuildRequires:	mvn(eu.eu-emi.security:canl) >= 2.5
-BuildRequires:	mvn(junit:junit)
-BuildRequires:	mvn(org.mockito:mockito-core)
-BuildRequires:	mvn(net.jcip:jcip-annotations)
-Requires:	mvn(eu.eu-emi.security:canl) >= 2.5
+BuildRequires:	java-devel >= 1:1.6
+BuildRequires:	jpackage-utils
+BuildRequires:	ant
+BuildRequires:	canl-java >= 2.5
+Requires:	java >= 1:1.6
+Requires:	jpackage-utils
+Requires:	canl-java >= 2.5
 
 %description
 The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority
@@ -39,34 +47,49 @@ Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) Java API Documentation.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
-
-# Do not create source jars
-%pom_remove_plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin
-
-# Cobertura no longer in Fedora due to licensing issues
-%pom_remove_plugin org.codehaus.mojo:cobertura-maven-plugin
-
-# Remove license plugin
-%pom_remove_plugin com.mycila.maven-license-plugin:maven-license-plugin
+cp -p %{SOURCE1} .
+cp -p %{SOURCE2} .
+cp -p %{SOURCE3} .
 
 %build
-%mvn_build
+export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath bcprov bcpkix commons-io canl)
+# The tests use mockito which is not available in EPEL 6 - skipping tests
+%ant -Dbuild.sysclasspath=last -Dmaven.test.skip=true package javadoc
 
 %install
-%mvn_install -J target/site/javadoc/apidocs
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadir}
+install -m 644 target/%{name}-%{version}.jar \
+    %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 
-%files -f .mfiles
-%dir %{_javadir}/%{name}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}
+install -p -m 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
+%add_to_maven_depmap org.italiangrid %{name} %{version} JPP %{name}
+
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+cp -pr target/site/apidocs %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+
+%post
+%update_maven_depmap
+
+%postun
+%update_maven_depmap
+
+%files
+%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
+%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
+%{_mavendepmapfragdir}/%{name}
 %doc AUTHORS README.md
 %license LICENSE
 
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%files javadoc
+%doc %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog
 * Fri Jan 05 2018 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert@physics.uu.se> - 3.2.0-5
 - Adapt to canl-java 2.5
 - Use jcip-annotations for EPEL 7 build
+- Create EPEL 6 package using the maven ant plugin
 
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild