diff --git a/icu4j/buildall.bat b/icu4j/buildall.bat
index eb72fe9bca1..296e1170f74 100755
--- a/icu4j/buildall.bat
+++ b/icu4j/buildall.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,34 @@
-javac -sourcepath src -d classes -classpath classes com/ibm/math/*.java com/ibm/util/*.java com/ibm/util/resources/*.java com/ibm/tools/compression/*.java com/ibm/tools/normalizer/*.java com/ibm/tools/rbbi/*.java com/ibm/tools/translit/*.java com/ibm/text/*.java com/ibm/text/resources/*.java com/ibm/textlayout/*.java com/ibm/textlayout/attributes/*.java com/ibm/richtext/*.java com/ibm/richtext/awtui/*.java com/ibm/richtext/demo/*.java com/ibm/richtext/print/*.java com/ibm/richtext/styledtext/*.java com/ibm/richtext/swingdemo/*.java com/ibm/richtext/swingui/*.java com/ibm/richtext/tests/*.java com/ibm/richtext/textapps/*.java com/ibm/richtext/textapps/resources/*.java com/ibm/richtext/textformat/*.java com/ibm/richtext/textpanel/*.java com/ibm/richtext/uiimpl/*.java com/ibm/richtext/uiimpl/resources/*.java com/ibm/demo/*.java com/ibm/demo/calendar/*.java com/ibm/demo/holiday/*.java com/ibm/demo/rbbi/*.java com/ibm/demo/rbnf/*.java com/ibm/demo/translit/*.java com/ibm/icu/demo/*.java com/ibm/icu/internal/*.java com/ibm/icu/test/format/*.java com/ibm/icu/test/text/*.java com/ibm/test/*.java com/ibm/test/bigdec/*.java com/ibm/test/bnf/*.java com/ibm/test/calendar/*.java com/ibm/test/compression/*.java com/ibm/test/normalizer/*.java com/ibm/test/rbbi/*.java com/ibm/test/rbnf/*.java com/ibm/test/richtext/*.java com/ibm/test/search/*.java com/ibm/test/timezone/*.java com/ibm/test/translitx/*.java
+REM Batch file for building the ICU4J source files.
+REM Please make sure that your addition does not generate any errors.
+REM Check the class dependencies.
+
+REM make new class directory
+mkdir classes
+REM math packages
+javac -d classes -classpath classes; src/com/ibm/math/*.java 
+
+REM text and util packages, they are tightly dependent on each other
+c:\work\jdk1.3\bin\javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/text/*.java src/com/ibm/text/resources/*.java src/com/ibm/util/*.java src/com/ibm/util/resources/*.java 
+
+REM textlayout packages 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/textlayout/*.java src/com/ibm/textlayout/attributes/*.java 
+
+REM UInfo class to be shifted in next release
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/icu/internal/*.java 
+
+REM tool packages
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/tools/compression/*.java src/com/ibm/tools/normalizer/*.java src/com/ibm/tools/rbbi/*.java src/com/ibm/tools/translit/*.java 
+
+REM richtext packages 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/richtext/awtui/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/print/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/styledtext/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/swingui/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/textformat/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/textpanel/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/uiimpl/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/uiimpl/resources/*.java 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/richtext/textapps/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/textapps/resources/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/demo/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/swingdemo/*.java src/com/ibm/richtext/tests/*.java  
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/demo/*.java src/com/ibm/demo/calendar/*.java src/com/ibm/demo/holiday/*.java src/com/ibm/demo/rbbi/*.java src/com/ibm/demo/rbnf/*.java src/com/ibm/demo/translit/*.java src/com/ibm/icu/demo/components/*.java 
+
+REM test packages 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/test/TestFmwk.java src/com/ibm/test/TestLog.java src/com/ibm/test/bigdec/*.java src/com/ibm/test/bnf/*.java src/com/ibm/test/calendar/*.java src/com/ibm/test/compression/*.java 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/test/normalizer/*.java src/com/ibm/test/rbbi/*.java src/com/ibm/test/rbnf/*.java src/com/ibm/test/richtext/*.java src/com/ibm/test/search/*.java src/com/ibm/test/timezone/*.java src/com/ibm/test/translit/*.java
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/icu/test/format/*.java src/com/ibm/icu/test/text/*.java 
+javac -d classes -classpath classes src/com/ibm/test/TestAll.java
 
 mkdir doc
 javadoc -d doc -sourcepath src com.ibm.util com.ibm.util.resources com.ibm.text com.ibm.text.resources com.ibm.tools.translit com.ibm.tools.compression com.ibm.tools.normalizer com.ibm.tools.rbbi com.ibm.math com.ibm.textlayout com.ibm.textlayout.attributes com.ibm.richtext.awtui com.ibm.richtext.print com.ibm.richtext.styledtext com.ibm.richtext.swingui com.ibm.richtext.textapps com.ibm.richtext.textformat com.ibm.richtext.textpanel com.ibm.richtext.uiimpl com.ibm.richtext.uiimpl.resources com.ibm.richtext.textapps.resources