diff --git a/hibernate/plugin.jelly b/hibernate/plugin.jelly
index 320da34d..761798c7 100644
--- a/hibernate/plugin.jelly
+++ b/hibernate/plugin.jelly
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@
       includes="${maven.hibernate.input.includes}"
       excludes="${maven.hibernate.input.excludes}"/>      
   </goal>
+
+  <goal name="hibernate:schema-update" prereqs="hibernate:init" description="Update Hibernate schema">  
+  
+    <ant:echo>Updating database schema</ant:echo>     
+    
+    <h:schema-update
+      properties="${maven.hibernate.properties}"
+      config="${maven.hibernate.config}"
+      quiet="${maven.hibernate.quiet}"
+      text="${maven.hibernate.text}"
+      basedir="${maven.hibernate.input.dir}"
+      includes="${maven.hibernate.input.includes}"
+      excludes="${maven.hibernate.input.excludes}"/>      
+  </goal>
      
 </project>
 
diff --git a/hibernate/src/main/org/apache/maven/hibernate/jelly/HibernateTagLibrary.java b/hibernate/src/main/org/apache/maven/hibernate/jelly/HibernateTagLibrary.java
index f74bee67..6760eb8b 100644
--- a/hibernate/src/main/org/apache/maven/hibernate/jelly/HibernateTagLibrary.java
+++ b/hibernate/src/main/org/apache/maven/hibernate/jelly/HibernateTagLibrary.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary;
  * Hibernate tag library.
  * 
  * @author <a href="michal.maczka@dimatics.com">Michal Maczka</a> 
- * @version $Id: HibernateTagLibrary.java,v 1.3 2004/07/02 07:32:52 epugh Exp $
+ * @version $Id: HibernateTagLibrary.java,v 1.4 2004/11/06 21:52:23 felipeal Exp $
  */
 public class HibernateTagLibrary extends CoreTagLibrary
 {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class HibernateTagLibrary extends CoreTagLibrary
     public HibernateTagLibrary()
     {
         registerTag( "schema-export", SchemaExportTag.class ); 
+        registerTag( "schema-update", SchemaUpdateTag.class ); 
         registerTag( "aggregate-mappings", AggregateMappingsTag.class ); 
     }
 }
diff --git a/hibernate/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/hibernate/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 3cf95216..c8092260 100644
--- a/hibernate/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/hibernate/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@
          xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
          xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
          
-  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-hibernate-schema-export-properties,test-hibernate-schema-export-configuration,test-hibernate-aggregate-mappings">
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="testSchemaExport,testSchemaUpdate,testAggregate">
     <attainGoal name="clean"/>
   </goal>
+ 
+  <goal name="testSchemaExport" prereqs="test-hibernate-schema-export-properties,test-hibernate-schema-export-configuration"/>  
+  <goal name="testSchemaUpdate" prereqs="test-hibernate-schema-update-properties,test-hibernate-schema-update-configuration"/>
+  <goal name="testAggregate"    prereqs="test-hibernate-aggregate-mappings"/>
   
   <goal name="test-hibernate-schema-export-properties">
     <j:set var="maven.hibernate.properties" value="${basedir}/src/main/hibernate.properties" />    
@@ -46,6 +50,27 @@
    
   </goal>  
   
+  <goal name="test-hibernate-schema-update-properties">
+    <j:set var="maven.hibernate.properties" value="${basedir}/src/main/hibernate.properties" />    
+    <attainGoal name="clean"/>
+    <attainGoal name="jar"/>
+    <attainGoal name="hibernate:schema-update"/>       
+    
+    <!-- unfortunately goal does not generate a file output, so we cannot assert anything -->
+    
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-hibernate-schema-update-configuration">
+    <j:set var="maven.hibernate.config" value="${basedir}/target/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml" />    
+    <attainGoal name="clean"/>
+    <attainGoal name="jar"/>
+    <attainGoal name="hibernate:schema-update"/>
+    
+    <!-- unfortunately goal does not generate a file output, so we cannot assert anything -->
+    
+  </goal>  
+  
+  
   <goal name="test-hibernate-aggregate-mappings">
     <j:if test="${maven.mode.online}">
 	    <j:set var="maven.hibernate.input.dir" value="${maven.build.dest},${basedir}/src/etc" />    
diff --git a/hibernate/xdocs/changes.xml b/hibernate/xdocs/changes.xml
index 6e866dd8..082926ab 100644
--- a/hibernate/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/hibernate/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.3" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="felipeal" type="add" issue="MPHIBERNATE-13">Added new goal <code>hibernate:schema-update</code></action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix" issue="MPHIBERNATE-9">plugin:test fails without a network connection</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.2" date="2004-08-14">
diff --git a/hibernate/xdocs/goals.xml b/hibernate/xdocs/goals.xml
index ee8315c1..1a2196d6 100644
--- a/hibernate/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/hibernate/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@
       	<tr>
       	  <td>hibernate:schema-export</td>
       	  <td>
-             Creates SQL DDL file from set of *.hbm.xml files      	    
+             Creates SQL DDL file and generates the database schema from set of *.hbm.xml files      	    
+      	  </td>
+      	</tr>   
+		<a name="hibernate:schema-update" />
+      	<tr>
+      	  <td>hibernate:schema-update</td>
+      	  <td>
+             Updates the database schema based on the set of *.hbm.xml files      	    
       	  </td>
       	</tr>   
       <a name="hibernate:aggregate-mappings" />