diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations-api/build.properties b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations-api/build.properties
index 9b70c8f64d..7156bf01b0 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations-api/build.properties
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations-api/build.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #
 
 source.. = src/main/java/,\
+           src/main/resources/,\
            src/test/java/,\
            src/main/eclipse/
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
index 05dfacea79..5cdf4b1fb7 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/AndroidAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ private void loadPropertyFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
 	private void loadApiPropertyFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
 		String filename = "androidannotations-api.properties";
 		try {
-			URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(filename);
+			URL url = EActivity.class.getClassLoader().getResource(filename);
 			propertiesApi.load(url.openStream());
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new FileNotFoundException(filename + " couldn't be parsed. Please check your classpath and verify that AA-API's version is at least 3.0");