diff --git a/jar/plugin.jelly b/jar/plugin.jelly
index fdbeedfc..21a6bcc4 100644
--- a/jar/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jar/plugin.jelly
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
             <ant:attribute name="Main-Class" value="${mainclass}"/>
         </j:if>
         
-        <j:if test="${maven.jar.manifest.extensions.add == 'true'}">
+        <j:set var="jarExtensions" value="${maven.jar.manifest.extensions.add}"/>
+        <j:if test="${jarExtensions == 'true'}">
           <j:set var="extensionList" value=""/>
           <j:forEach var="artifact" items="${pom.artifacts}">
             <j:set var="dep" value="${artifact.dependency}"/>
diff --git a/jar/xdocs/current/changes.xml b/jar/xdocs/current/changes.xml
index 37691eb3..9592a746 100644
--- a/jar/xdocs/current/changes.xml
+++ b/jar/xdocs/current/changes.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
       <action dev="dion" type="fix">Fix MAVEN-1009</action>
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix">
+        Fix for maven.jar.manifest.extensions.add not being checked
+        correctly.
+      </action>
     </release>
     
     <release version="1.3" date="2003-09-29">