diff --git a/java/build.xml b/java/build.xml
index fa91a8b39..f5b26e736 100644
--- a/java/build.xml
+++ b/java/build.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <target name="generate">
         <mkdir dir="${gen.dir}"/>
-        <exec executable="./generate.py"/>
+        <exec executable="./../tools/generate.py"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="compile" depends="generate">
diff --git a/java/generate.py b/tools/generate.py
similarity index 100%
rename from java/generate.py
rename to tools/generate.py