diff --git a/uberjar/plugin.jelly b/uberjar/plugin.jelly
index 49b0ad66..beb85762 100644
--- a/uberjar/plugin.jelly
+++ b/uberjar/plugin.jelly
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 <project 
   xmlns:j="jelly:core"
   xmlns:velocity="jelly:velocity"
+  xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
   xmlns:artifact="artifact">
 
   <!--==================================================================-->
@@ -73,9 +74,12 @@
 
     <!-- Copy each dep to our working dir -->
     <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
-      <copy 
-        todir="${libdir}"
-        file="${lib.path}"/>
+      <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>     
+      <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('uberjar.bundle')!='false'}">
+         <j:if test="${dep.type =='jar'}"> 
+           <ant:copy todir="${libdir}" file="${lib.path}"/>  
+         </j:if> 
+      </j:if>  
     </j:forEach>
 
     <!-- Copy the classworlds.jar -->
diff --git a/uberjar/xdocs/changes.xml b/uberjar/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1016113a..6efb0265 100644
--- a/uberjar/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/uberjar/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <body>
     <release version="1.2-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
       <action dev="brett" type="update" due-to="Tryve Laugstol" issue="MPUBERJAR-2">Upgrade to classworlds RC2</action>
+      <action dev="brett" type="add" due-to="Joerg Schaible" issue="MPUBERJAR-4">Add uberjar.bundle property to dependencies to allow exclusion of certain JAR files</action>
     </release>
 
     <release version="1.1" date="2003-09-29">
