diff --git a/java/plugin.jelly b/java/plugin.jelly
index 9e5661b7..a16ba2f7 100644
--- a/java/plugin.jelly
+++ b/java/plugin.jelly
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@
           
           <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.fork') != null}">
             <ant:setProperty name="fork" value="${maven.compile.fork}" />
+
+            <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.memoryInitialSize') != null}">
+              <ant:setProperty name="memoryInitialSize" value="${maven.compile.memoryInitialSize}" />
+            </j:if>
+
+            <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.memoryMaximumSize') != null}">
+              <ant:setProperty name="memoryMaximumSize" value="${maven.compile.memoryMaximumSize}" />
+            </j:if>
+
           </j:if>
           
           <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.source') != null}">
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@
             <ant:setProperty name="verbose" value="${maven.compile.verbose}" />
           </j:if>
 
+
         </ant:javac>
       </j:when>
       <j:otherwise>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/changes.xml b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1b6ed3a0..96ed412e 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   <body>
     
     <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPJAVA-1" due-to="Scott Foster">Add memory usage parameters to pass to the ant javac task</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix">Add source property, default to 1.3. This is required to use JDK 1.5.</action>
     </release>
 
diff --git a/java/xdocs/properties.xml b/java/xdocs/properties.xml
index d0f56bee..514b77f0 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,36 @@
             </p>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.compile.memoryInitialSize</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Sets the initial memory size value passed to the VM when fork is set to true.
+              Has no effect if fork is false.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              Corresponds to the <code>memoryInitialSize</code> attribute for the ant 
+              <a href="http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html">javac</a>
+              task.
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.compile.memoryMaximumSize</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Sets the maximum memory size value passed to the VM when fork is set to true.
+              Has no effect if fork is false.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              Corresponds to the <code>memoryMaximumSize</code> attribute for the ant 
+              <a href="http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html">javac</a>
+              task.
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.compile.optimize</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
