diff --git a/java/plugin.jelly b/java/plugin.jelly
index a54b16f2..c776c8f7 100644
--- a/java/plugin.jelly
+++ b/java/plugin.jelly
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
           </j:if>
 
           <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.compile.extdirs') != null}">
-              <ant:bootclasspath>
+              <ant:extdirs>
                 <ant:pathelement path="${maven.compile.extdirs}"/>
-              </ant:bootclasspath>
+              </ant:extdirs>
           </j:if>
 
           <ant:classpath>
diff --git a/java/xdocs/changes.xml b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
index c214e50c..74b9fec7 100644
--- a/java/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/java/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPJAVA-43">Broken support for maven.compile.extdirs.</action>
       <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">
