diff --git a/war/plugin.jelly b/war/plugin.jelly
index ca0660b3..70334785 100644
--- a/war/plugin.jelly
+++ b/war/plugin.jelly
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@
 
     <j:if test="${webSourcesPresent == 'true'}">
       <ant:copy todir="${maven.war.webapp.dir}">
-        <ant:fileset dir="${maven.war.src}"/>
+        <ant:fileset dir="${maven.war.src}"
+          includes="${maven.war.src.includes}"
+          excludes="${maven.war.src.excludes}">
+        </ant:fileset>
       </ant:copy>
     </j:if>
     
diff --git a/war/plugin.properties b/war/plugin.properties
index 5d1d9949..a5c5d3b5 100644
--- a/war/plugin.properties
+++ b/war/plugin.properties
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ maven.war.build.dir = ${maven.build.dir}
 # ${maven.war.build.dir}/${pom.artifactId}
 maven.war.webapp.dir = ${maven.war.build.dir}/${pom.artifactId}
 maven.war.tld.dir=WEB-INF/tld
+# Files to include and exclude from ejb
+# Note: Files are relative to build.dir
+maven.war.src.includes=**
+maven.war.src.excludes=**/package.html
diff --git a/war/xdocs/changes.xml b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
index cf1c235b..0ca2b2a7 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="rafal" type="add">
+       Accept includes/excludes patterns over maven.war.src. 
+      </action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix">
        Allow webapp creation if project doesn't have sources.
       </action>
diff --git a/war/xdocs/properties.xml b/war/xdocs/properties.xml
index cffff8ea..fcd63289 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,26 @@
 			<code>${maven.src.dir}/webapp</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.war.src.includes</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Comma or space separated list of Ant path patterns specifycing
+            what files and directories from <code>${maven.war.src}</code>
+            should be included in the web application. All files are included 
+            by default.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.war.src.excludes</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Comma or space separated list of Ant path patterns specifycing
+            what files and directories from <code>${maven.war.src}</code>
+            should be exluded from the web application. No files are excluded 
+            by default.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.war.webxml</td>
           <td>Yes</td>