diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index cfc60ddb..ab2f6e55 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
   xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
   xmlns:plugin="plugin"
   xmlns:u="jelly:util"
-  xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
+  xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
+  xmlns:assert="assert">
   
   <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
     <!-- Poor mans version check - plugin dependencies still suck for multiple versions -->
@@ -379,6 +380,16 @@
         <ant:fail>${file} does not exist.${msg}</ant:fail>
       </j:if>      
     </define:tag>
+    <define:tag name="assertFileContains">
+      <!-- @file : Full file path -->
+      <!-- @match: the matching value expected  -->
+      <!-- @msg  : optional message to be displayed -->
+      <assert:assertFileExists file="${file}" msg="${msg}"/>
+      <u:loadText var="fileContent" file="${file}"/>
+      <j:if test="${fileContent.indexOf(match) lt 0}">
+        <ant:fail>${file} does not contain string [${match}].${msg}</ant:fail>
+      </j:if>
+    </define:tag>
     <define:tag name="assertFileNotFound">
       <!-- @file : Full file path -->
       <!-- @msg  : optional message to be displayed -->
diff --git a/plugin/project.xml b/plugin/project.xml
index 26fade59..c87fdc7c 100644
--- a/plugin/project.xml
+++ b/plugin/project.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@
         <role>Developer</role>
       </roles>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Vincent Massol</name>
+      <id>vmassol</id>
+      <email>vmassol@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>Apache Software Foundation</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/plugin/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/plugin/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 2d7aa253..7905d2be 100644
--- a/plugin/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/plugin/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
  -->
-<project xmlns:assert="assert"
-         xmlns:j="jelly:core" 
-         xmlns:u="jelly:util">
+<project default="testPlugin"
+    xmlns:assert="assert"
+    xmlns:j="jelly:core" 
+    xmlns:u="jelly:util"
+    xmlns:ant="jelly:ant">
          
-  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-generate-docs">
-    <attainGoal name="clean"/>
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="clean">
+    <attainGoal name="test-assertFileContains"/>
+    <attainGoal name="test-generate-docs"/>
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-generate-docs">
@@ -30,11 +33,20 @@
 
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.src}"/>
 
-	<u:tokenize var="fileList" delim=",">navigation.xml,goals.xml,properties.xml,tags.xml</u:tokenize>
+    <u:tokenize var="fileList" delim=",">navigation.xml,goals.xml,properties.xml,tags.xml</u:tokenize>
 
-	<j:forEach var="file" items="${fileList}">
-	  <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.src}/${file}"/>
+    <j:forEach var="file" items="${fileList}">
+      <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.src}/${file}"/>
     </j:forEach>
     <delete dir="${maven.docs.src}"/>    
+    
   </goal>
+
+  <goal name="test-assertFileContains">
+    <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}"/>
+    <j:file name="${maven.build.dir}/testAssertFileContains.txt">This is a test blah blah...</j:file>
+    <assert:assertFileContains file="${maven.build.dir}/testAssertFileContains.txt"
+        match="a test"/>
+  </goal>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
index 57ac56e1..c1403a7a 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
+        Added new <code>assert:assertFileContains</code> tag that verifies if a 
+        file contains a specific string.
+      </action>
       <action dev="dion" type="add">Add plugin:generate-tags goal</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="add">Mention in docs for the plugin:repository-deploy that it uses the artifact plugin</action>
     </release>
