diff --git a/PHPCI/Helper/BaseCommandExecutor.php b/PHPCI/Helper/BaseCommandExecutor.php
index bd948834..6fe14ea4 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Helper/BaseCommandExecutor.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Helper/BaseCommandExecutor.php
@@ -162,7 +162,12 @@ abstract class BaseCommandExecutor implements CommandExecutor
                 $this->logger->log(Lang::get('found_in_path', $composerBin, $bin), LogLevel::DEBUG);
                 return $composerBin . '/' . $bin;
             }
-
+            
+            if (is_dir($this->buildPath) && is_file($this->buildPath.$bin)) {
+                $this->logger->log(Lang::get('found_in_path', $this->buildPath, $bin), LogLevel::DEBUG);
+                return $this->buildPath . $bin;
+            }
+            
             if (is_file($this->rootDir . $bin)) {
                 $this->logger->log(Lang::get('found_in_path', 'root', $bin), LogLevel::DEBUG);
                 return $this->rootDir . $bin;
diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Phing.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Phing.php
index 3a5bd834..969c4c7d 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Phing.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Phing.php
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ use PHPCI\Model\Build;
 class Phing implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 {
 
-    private $directory;
+    protected $directory;
     private $buildFile = 'build.xml';
-    private $targets = array('build');
+    protected $targets = array('build');
     private $properties = array();
     private $propertyFile;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Phing implements \PHPCI\Plugin
      * Converts an array of targets into a string.
      * @return string
      */
-    private function targetsToString()
+    protected function targetsToString()
     {
         return implode(' ', $this->targets);
     }
diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/PhingLauncher.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhingLauncher.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44bd1522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhingLauncher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PHPCI\Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Phing Launcher Plugin - Provides access to Phing functionality with Phing Launcher.
+ *
+ * @author       kmelia
+ * @package      PHPCI
+ * @subpackage   Plugins
+ */
+class PhingLauncher extends Phing implements \PHPCI\Plugin
+{
+    /**
+     * Executes Phing Launcher and runs a specified targets
+     */
+    public function execute()
+    {
+        $phingExecutable = $this->phpci->findBinary('phing.sh');
+        
+        $cmd[] = 'sh ' . $phingExecutable . ' -f ' . $this->getBuildFilePath();
+        
+        if ($this->getPropertyFile()) {
+            $cmd[] = '-propertyfile ' . $this->getPropertyFile();
+        }
+        
+        $cmd[] = $this->propertiesToString();
+        
+        $cmd[] = '-logger phing.listener.DefaultLogger';
+        $cmd[] = $this->targetsToString();
+        $cmd[] = '2>&1';
+        
+        return $this->phpci->executeCommand(implode(' ', $cmd), $this->directory, $this->targets);
+    }
+}