diff --git a/java/plugin.jelly b/java/plugin.jelly
index 668b160f..a54b16f2 100644
--- a/java/plugin.jelly
+++ b/java/plugin.jelly
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
   xmlns:j="jelly:core"
   xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
   xmlns:define="jelly:define"
-  xmlns:maven="jelly:maven">
+  xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
+  xmlns:doc="doc"
+  xmlns:util="jelly:util">
 
   <!-- ================================================================== -->
   <!-- P R E P A R E  F I L E  S Y S T E M                                -->
@@ -55,6 +57,15 @@
           </ant:echo>
         </j:if>
 
+        <!-- start capturing compiler output -->
+        <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.fork')}">
+           <ant:record name="${maven.compile.log}"
+                       action="start" 
+                       loglevel="warning"
+                       emacsmode="true"
+                       append="no"/>
+        </j:if>
+
       	<ant:javac
           destdir="${maven.build.dest}"
           excludes="**/package.html"
@@ -138,6 +149,12 @@
 
 
         </ant:javac>
+
+        <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.fork')}">
+          <ant:record name="${maven.compile.log}"
+                      action="stop"/>
+        </j:if>
+
       </j:when>
       <j:otherwise>
         <ant:echo>No java source files to compile.</ant:echo>
@@ -171,4 +188,60 @@
       <echo>DEPRECATED: the use of dependency-handle is deprecated. Please use maven:get/set to modify properties of the java plugin</echo>
     </define:tag>
   </define:taglib>
+
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+  <!-- J A V A    R E P O R T S                                           -->
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+
+  <goal name="maven-java-plugin:register" prereqs="xdoc:init">
+    <doc:registerReport
+      name="Compiler output Report"
+      pluginName="maven-java-plugin"
+      link="java-compiler-output-report"
+      description="Formatted report of compiler output"
+      />
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="maven-java-plugin:deregister">
+    <doc:deregisterReport name="Compiler output Report"/>
+  </goal>
+
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+  <!-- J A V A                                                            -->
+  <!-- ================================================================== -->
+
+  <goal name="maven-java-plugin:report"
+        description="Generate compiler output report" prereqs="java:compile,xdoc:init">
+
+    <j:set var="genDocs" value="${maven.gen.docs}" />
+
+    <!-- if the deprecation log file is not present, then create it. -->
+    <j:set var="logAvailable" value="false"/>
+    <util:available file="${maven.compile.log}">
+      <j:set var="logAvailable" value="true"/>
+    </util:available>
+    <j:if test="${!logAvailable}">
+      <ant:fail>
+        The compiler output log file ${maven.compile.log} could not be found. Did you set maven.compile.fork to true?
+      </ant:fail>
+    </j:if>
+    
+    <util:file name="${maven.compile.log}" var="inputFileObject"/>
+    <util:loadText var="inputText" file="${inputFileObject}"/>
+  
+    <!-- trim path to basedir/ -->
+    <j:set var="pathToTrim">${basedir}${file.separator}</j:set>
+    <j:invokeStatic var="inputText" className="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" method="replace">
+      <j:arg type="java.lang.String" value="${inputText}" />
+      <j:arg type="java.lang.String" value="${pathToTrim}" />
+      <j:arg type="java.lang.String" value="" />
+    </j:invokeStatic>
+
+    <doc:text-xdoc
+      title="Compiler output Report"
+      section="Compiler output Report"
+      inputText="${inputText}"
+      output="${genDocs}/java-compiler-output-report.xml"/>
+  </goal>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/java/plugin.properties b/java/plugin.properties
index 869f1911..cef7315f 100644
--- a/java/plugin.properties
+++ b/java/plugin.properties
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 # P L U G I N P R O P E R T I E S
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+maven.compile.log=${maven.build.dir}/compile.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/project.xml b/java/project.xml
index 27044689..843ee428 100644
--- a/java/project.xml
+++ b/java/project.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-java-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Java Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.5</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>Compile java code</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/java/</url>
@@ -97,4 +97,11 @@
       </roles>
     </developer>
   </developers>
+  <contributors>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Ron Gallagher</name>
+      <email>rongallagher@bellsouth.net</email>
+      <organization>RGI</organization>
+    </contributor>
+  </contributors>
 </project>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/changes.xml b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
index 8dc33c81..c214e50c 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <author email="kschrader@karmalab.org">Kurt Schrader</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="add" issue="MPJAVA-40" due-to="Ron Gallagher">Make a report with compiler output</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2004-12-04">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="fix" issue="MPJAVA-22">Make it work by default with any version of the JDK</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Deprecate dependency handle</action>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/goals.xml b/java/xdocs/goals.xml
index ae223ddc..69a447f7 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,30 @@
             </p>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven-java-plugin:register</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Register the java compiler output report.
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven-java-plugin:deregister</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Deregister the java compiler output report.
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven-java-plugin:report</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Generate the java compiler output report.
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>java:jar</td>
           <td>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/index.xml b/java/xdocs/index.xml
index 2ff2e9de..4fc9d3c8 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
         by this plugin, please see the <a href="properties.html">properties</a>
         document.
       </p>
+      <p>
+        You can get a report from the compiler output adding 
+        <code>maven-java-plugin</code> to the reports section of your pom.
+        (note that you need to set to true <code>maven.compile.fork</code>)
+      </p>
     </section>
  </body>
 </document>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/properties.xml b/java/xdocs/properties.xml
index 565bd595..82eba746 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@
             </p>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.compile.log</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>Where to save the output of the compiler. Only works when fork is true.</p>
+            <p>The default value for this property is ${maven.build.dir}/compile.log</p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>pom.build.sourceModifications</td>
           <td>Yes</td>