diff --git src/bin/nutch src/bin/nutch
index 502ffb1..c00ffa3 100755
--- src/bin/nutch
+++ src/bin/nutch
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ elif [ "$COMMAND" = "plugin" ] ; then
   CLASS=org.apache.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository
 elif [ "$COMMAND" = "junit" ] ; then
   CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$NUTCH_HOME/test/classes/
-  CLASS=junit.textui.TestRunner
+  CLASS=org.junit.runner.JUnitCore
 else
   CLASS=$COMMAND
 fi