diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.properties b/eclipse/plugin.properties
index dcc4f1e5..1b8649e2 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.properties
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.properties
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
 maven.eclipse.goals = plugins
 maven.gen.src=${maven.build.dir}/generated-sources
 maven.eclipse.src.extension = zip
+maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath=false
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
index b9938180..4524579e 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
@@ -59,23 +59,24 @@
       </j:if>
     </j:forEach>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${srcDir}" excluding="${excluding}" />
-
-    <j:if test="${!pom.build.resources.isEmpty()}">
-      <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.resources}">
-        <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
-        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
-          <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+    <j:if test="${maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath}">
+      <j:if test="${!pom.build.resources.isEmpty()}">
+        <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.resources}">
+          <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
+          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+            <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+          </j:forEach>
+         <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
+          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+            <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
+          </j:forEach>        
+          <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
+          <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
+          <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir) and (!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir) or !unitTestSourcesPresent)}">
+            <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}" />
+          </j:if>
         </j:forEach>
-       <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
-        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
-          <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
-        </j:forEach>        
-        <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
-        <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
-        <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir) and (!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir) or !unitTestSourcesPresent)}">
-          <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}" />
-        </j:if>
-      </j:forEach>
+      </j:if>
     </j:if>
   </j:if>
 
@@ -136,24 +137,26 @@
     </j:if>
 
     <j:if test="${pom.build.unitTest != null}">
-      <j:if test="${!pom.build.unitTest.resources.isEmpty()}">
-        <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">
-          <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
-          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
-            <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+      <j:if test="${maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath}">
+        <j:if test="${!pom.build.unitTest.resources.isEmpty()}">
+          <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">
+            <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
+            <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+              <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+            </j:forEach>
+           <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
+            <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+              <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
+            </j:forEach>          
+            <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
+            <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
+            <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir) and (!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir) or !sourcesPresent)}">
+              <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" output="${testOutputDir}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}"/>
+            </j:if>          
           </j:forEach>
-         <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
-          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
-            <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
-          </j:forEach>          
-          <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
-          <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
-          <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir) and (!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir) or !sourcesPresent)}">
-            <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" output="${testOutputDir}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}"/>
-          </j:if>          
-        </j:forEach>
+        </j:if>
       </j:if>
-    </j:if>
+    </j:if>    
   </j:if>
 
   <maven:get var="cactusSrcDir" plugin='cactus-maven' property='cactus.src.dir' />
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 3dc12492..dcfc8912 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
          xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
          xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
 
-  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source,test-classpath-has-overridden-jar,test-noduplicates,test-classpath-con-entry">
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source,test-classpath-has-overridden-jar,test-noduplicates,test-classpath-con-entry,test-classpath-no-resources">
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-init">
@@ -169,5 +169,22 @@
     <x:set var="countConEntries" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'con')])"/>    
     <assert:assertEquals expected="2" value="${countConEntries.intValue().toString()}" msg="Classpath entry kind='con' should be added twice, once mandatory, other variable"/> 
   </goal>   
+  
+  <goal name="test-classpath-no-resources">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
+	<j:set var="maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath" value="false"/>
+    <attainGoal name="eclipse"/>
+
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotProject}" />
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotClasspath}" />
+
+    <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
+    <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
+    <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'src/resources')])"/>  
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="0" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="The src/resources dir should not be imported"/>  
+
+    <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'src/test-resources')])"/>  
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="0" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="The src/test-resources dir should not be imported"/>      
+  </goal>  
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index 03ffc4b4..c84e0a5e 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 cactus.src.dir=${basedir}/src/cactus-test
 maven.jar.override=on
 maven.jar.commons-dude=${maven.repo.local}/commons-logging/jars/commons-logging-1.0.3.jar
+maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath=true
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diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
index 66bd6a47..628aed14 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add">Add property <code>maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath</code> to control whether to add pom.resources etc or not.  Provide backwards compatiblity.</action>        
       <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-52">Set proper <code>cactus.src.dir</code></action>        
       <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-51">Fixed duplicated source entry issue.</action>        
       <action dev="epugh" type="add">add property maven.eclipse.addResources=false to prevent the build resources from breaking old Eclipse builds.</action>        
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
index 04240888..73f853fd 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
             the classpath, like <code>src/conf</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.eclipse.resources.addtoclasspath</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Specify whether to include the resources defined in the POM in the
+            Eclipse classpath.  Defaults to false.
+          </td>
+        </tr>        
         <tr>
           <td>maven.eclipse.conclasspath</td>
           <td>Yes</td>