diff --git a/openbis/build/build.xml b/openbis/build/build.xml
index 2bf23bbf34a0dedf148882ce09d2d323ff48b933..ce92c9a1d57004acedf09516e5e01520b5269039 100644
--- a/openbis/build/build.xml
+++ b/openbis/build/build.xml
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
                includesfile="${dist}/core-plugin-paths">
         <exclude name="core_plugins.properties"/>
       </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="dist/server">
+      <fileset dir="${project-path}dist/server" erroronmissingdir="false">
         <include name="core_plugins.properties"/>
       </fileset>
     </copy>