diff --git a/native/plugin.jelly b/native/plugin.jelly
index 926c200f..eb44b25b 100644
--- a/native/plugin.jelly
+++ b/native/plugin.jelly
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
             <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
 
             <!-- include sos-->
-            <j:if test="${dep.type=='so'}">
+            <j:if test="${dep.type=='so' or dep.type=='dll'}">
                 <j:set var="delim" value="lib"/>                
                 
                 <!-- replace ${delim} in the name -->
@@ -132,11 +132,25 @@
        </cc>
 
        <!-- just copy the file don't move because we don't want the compiler to compile if for no reason -->
-       <ant:available property="outputPresent" file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib_.so"/>
-       
-       <j:if test="${outputPresent == 'true'}">
+       <!-- so -->
+       <ant:available property="outputPresentSO" file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib_.so"/>       
+       <j:if test="${outputPresentSO == 'true'}">
           <ant:copy file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib_.so" 
             tofile="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.so" overwrite="true"/>
+          
+          <!-- needed if cygwin gcc is used -->
+          <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.native.include.os')=='win32'}">
+            <ant:move file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.so" 
+                tofile="${maven.build.dir}/native/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.dll" 
+                overwrite="true"/>          
+          </j:if>
+       </j:if> 
+       
+       <!-- dll -->
+       <ant:available property="outputPresentDLL" file="${maven.build.dir}/native/_.dll"/>       
+       <j:if test="${outputPresentDLL == 'true'}">
+            <ant:copy file="${maven.build.dir}/native/_.dll" 
+                tofile="${maven.build.dir}/native/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.dll" overwrite="true"/>
        </j:if> 
     </goal>
 
@@ -151,9 +165,21 @@
                 artifactDirectory = '${pom.artifactDirectory}'
       </ant:echo>
       
+      <!-- so -->
+      <ant:available property="libPresentSO" file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.so"/>       
+      <j:if test="${libPresentSO == 'true'}">		      
       <ant:property name="libdir__" value="${maven.repo.local}/${pom.artifactDirectory}/sos"/>
       <ant:mkdir dir="${libdir__}"/>
       <ant:copy file="${maven.build.dir}/native/lib${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.so" tofile="${libdir__}/lib${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.so" overwrite="true"/>
+      </j:if>
+      
+      <!-- dll -->
+      <ant:available property="libPresentDLL" file="${maven.build.dir}/native/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.dll"/>       
+      <j:if test="${libPresentDLL == 'true'}">      
+        <ant:property name="libdir__" value="${maven.repo.local}/${pom.artifactDirectory}/dlls"/>
+        <ant:mkdir dir="${libdir__}"/>
+        <ant:copy file="${maven.build.dir}/native/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.dll" tofile="${libdir__}/${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.dll" overwrite="true"/>      
+      </j:if>
     </goal>
     
     <!-- ================================================================== -->
diff --git a/native/xdocs/changes.xml b/native/xdocs/changes.xml
index 2ae2ae7f..e953cd7b 100644
--- a/native/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/native/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.2-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPNATIVE-10" due-to="Joachim Bader">Add DLL support to the plugin</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPNATIVE-7" due-to="Joachim Bader">Changed repository location of libraries from <code>so</code> to <code>sos</code> so Maven can handle them as dependencies</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPNATIVE-7" due-to="Joachim Bader">Add support for native dependencies (libset/syslibset)</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPNATIVE-7" due-to="Joachim Bader">Add support for optional include path (includepath/sysincludepath)</action>
diff --git a/native/xdocs/faq.fml b/native/xdocs/faq.fml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3afe06c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/xdocs/faq.fml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<faqs title="Frequently Asked Questions">
+
+  <part id="general">
+    <title>General</title>
+
+    <faq id="cygwin">
+      <question>How to run the gcc under cygwin?</question>
+      <answer>
+        Set the follwing properties in your <code>project.properties</code>:
+        <source>
+            maven.native.include.os=win32
+            maven.native.compiler.arg.start=-mno-cygwin
+            maven.native.linker.arg.start=-mno-cygwin -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias            
+        </source>
+      </answer>
+    </faq>
+  </part>
+</faqs>
diff --git a/native/xdocs/index.xml b/native/xdocs/index.xml
index 9f8eb2bd..61056ed6 100644
--- a/native/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/native/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
           <th>Description</th>
         </tr>
 
+        <tr>
+          <td>17 October 2004</td>
+          <td>
+            support for dlls added
+          </td>
+        </tr>                        
+        
         <tr>
           <td>31 July 2004</td>
           <td>
diff --git a/native/xdocs/navigation.xml b/native/xdocs/navigation.xml
index d4d2bd9a..31cc9bd5 100644
--- a/native/xdocs/navigation.xml
+++ b/native/xdocs/navigation.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       <item href="/index.html" name="Overview"/>
       <item href="/goals.html" name="Goals"/>
       <item href="/properties.html" name="Properties"/>
+      <item href="/faq.html" name="Faqs"/>
       <item href="/tasks.html" name="Tasks"/>
     </menu>
    </body>
diff --git a/native/xdocs/properties.xml b/native/xdocs/properties.xml
index 046113c0..88bf0e3c 100644
--- a/native/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/native/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
             <code>syslibset</code> tag is used insted of the normal 
             <code>libset</code> tag.            
             
-            Only <code>so</code>s are supported a the moment. 
+            <code>so</code>s and <code>dll</code>s are supported a the moment. 
         </p>
         
   <source><![CDATA[
diff --git a/native/xdocs/tasks.xml b/native/xdocs/tasks.xml
index ed98424c..d9d41c7c 100644
--- a/native/xdocs/tasks.xml
+++ b/native/xdocs/tasks.xml
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@
       <p>
       	Lists of todos and ideas for future versions.
       </p>
-
-      <subsection name="Unassigned">
-        <p>
-            <ul>
-                <li>
-                    Add support for other native dependencies. Currently only 
-                    <code>so</code> is supported. <code>dll</code> and 
-                    <code>a</code> are not supported. Maybe introduce a property
-                    like <code>maven.native.libType</code>.
-                </li>
-            </ul>
-        </p>
-      </subsection>
-
     </section>
-
   </body>
 </document>
