diff --git a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
index 83b6d5e6..33fa6fb7 100644
--- a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
     <!-- Initialize default values for project properties. If we find a default
          JBuilder project, then its values will override some of these. -->
     <j:set var="authorLabel"      value="@author" />
-    <j:set var="backupPath"       value="bak" />
+    <j:set var="backupPath"       value="${maven.jbuilder.bakpath}" />
     <j:set var="beansInstantiate" value="false" />
     <j:set var="company"          value="${pom.organization.name}" />
     <j:set var="companyLabel"     value="Company: " />
diff --git a/jbuilder/plugin.properties b/jbuilder/plugin.properties
index b541e73a..9277cd39 100644
--- a/jbuilder/plugin.properties
+++ b/jbuilder/plugin.properties
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ maven.jbuilder.outpath = ${maven.build.dest}
 maven.jbuilder.application.runner = com.borland.jbuilder.runtime.ApplicationRunner
 maven.jbuilder.applet.runner = com.borland.jbuilder.runtime.AppletRunner
 maven.jbuilder.verbose=false
+maven.jbuilder.bakpath = ${maven.build.dir}/bak
 
 # List of additional files that should be added to the JBuilder project if
 # they exist. The default is the standard Maven project files.
diff --git a/jbuilder/xdocs/changes.xml b/jbuilder/xdocs/changes.xml
index b4f02fff..92dd8acb 100644
--- a/jbuilder/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jbuilder/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.5-SNAPSHOT" date="In CVS">
+      <action dev="evenisse" type="add" issue="MPJBUILDER-11">Add maven.jbuilder.bakpath property.</action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="add" issue="MPJBUILDER-10">Add xdocs and subdir into jbuilder folder(s).</action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix" issue="MPJBUILDER-9">Fix crash with Maven RC2.</action>
     </release>
diff --git a/jbuilder/xdocs/properties.xml b/jbuilder/xdocs/properties.xml
index 96dbadd7..cdde5722 100644
--- a/jbuilder/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/jbuilder/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
-          <td>maven.juilder.outpath</td>
+          <td>maven.jbuilder.outpath</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
             <p>
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
             </p>
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.jbuilder.bakpath</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            <p>
+              Location of JBuilder backup directory. Default: ${maven.build.dir}/bak
+            </p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.jbuilder.docpath</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
