diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
index 451122d4..9f6d97d3 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
     <ant:echo>Setting compile of ${testSrcDir} to ${testOutputDir}</ant:echo>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${testSrcDir}" output="${testOutputDir}"/>
 
+    <u:tokenize var="conclasspaths" delim=",">${maven.eclipse.conclasspath}</u:tokenize>
+    <j:forEach var="conclasspath" items="${conclasspaths}" trim="true">
+    	<classpathentry kind="con" path="${conclasspath}"/>
+    </j:forEach>
 
     <!-- Here are the rules:
          If the project has maven.eclipse.junit property, add that ver of junit
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index e93d9d42..6ae683cb 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
          xmlns:u="jelly:util"
          xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
 
-  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source,test-classpath-has-overridden-jar,test-noduplicates">
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source,test-classpath-has-overridden-jar,test-noduplicates,test-classpath-con-entry">
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-init">
@@ -141,5 +141,18 @@
     <x:set var="countUniqueSrc" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'src/main')])"/>    
     <assert:assertEquals expected="1" value="${countUniqueSrc.intValue().toString()}" msg="Src directory should be added only once"/> 
   </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-classpath-con-entry">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
+	<j:set var="maven.eclipse.conclasspath" value="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
+    <attainGoal name="eclipse"/>
+
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotClasspath}" />
+    
+    <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
+    <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
+    <x:set var="countConEntries" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'con')])"/>    
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="2" value="${countConEntries.intValue().toString()}" msg="Classpath entry kind='con' should be added twice, once mandatory, other variable"/> 
+  </goal>  
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
index b9e5957a..d14082be 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add" issue="MPECLIPSE-50" due-to="Simon Ringuette">Support for Eclipse-Plugin maven projects (or kind="con" classpath).</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-49" due-to="Fabrizio Giustina">duplicate build path added if resouce directory is the same as java source dir.</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-48" due-to="Fabrizio Giustina">Simple implementation of handling source artifacts.</action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-47">Add resources directories and test resources directories to .classpath.</action>
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
index 6930b82f..04240888 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -77,10 +77,19 @@
           <td>maven.eclipse.classpath.include</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
-            Comma delimited list of additional directories to include in 
+            Comma delimited list of additional source directories to include in 
             the classpath, like <code>src/conf</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.eclipse.conclasspath</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Comma delimited list of additional kind "con" path 
+            to include in the classpath description file like 
+            <code>org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins</code>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.eclipse.buildcommands</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
