diff --git a/aspectj/plugin.jelly b/aspectj/plugin.jelly
index 098dd396..09a912a6 100644
--- a/aspectj/plugin.jelly
+++ b/aspectj/plugin.jelly
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
           incremental="${maven.aspectj.incremental}"
           XnoWeave="${maven.aspectj.noweave}"
           Xlint="${maven.aspectj.lint}"
+          failonerror="${maven.aspectj.failonerror}"
           destDir="${destDir}"
           sourceRootCopyFilter="${maven.aspectj.sourceRootCopyFilter}"
           debug="${maven.aspectj.debug}"
diff --git a/aspectj/plugin.properties b/aspectj/plugin.properties
index 166aa43b..ef4740b3 100644
--- a/aspectj/plugin.properties
+++ b/aspectj/plugin.properties
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ maven.aspectj.noweave=false
 # Level of language usage messages. Possible values are error, warning and ignore
 maven.aspectj.lint=warning
 
-
+# If true, throw BuildException to halt build if there are any compiler errors.
+maven.aspectj.failonerror=true
diff --git a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
index 949b4394..8f06d02c 100644
--- a/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/aspectj/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
     <author email="carlos@apache.org">Carlos Sanchez</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="3.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="3.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in Subversion">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="add" issue="MPASPECTJ-24" due-to="Shinobu Kawai">
+        Added <code>maven.aspectj.failonerror</code> property.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="update" issue="MPASPECTJ-19">
         Add support for <code>iajc</code>'s <code>messageHolderClass</code> attribute
         and added <code>maven.dependency.classpath</code> to the 
diff --git a/aspectj/xdocs/properties.xml b/aspectj/xdocs/properties.xml
index 3fc96e91..eb1ba412 100644
--- a/aspectj/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/aspectj/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@
             interface and having a public no-argument constructor.
           </td>
         </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.aspectj.failonerror</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            If <code>true</code>, throw <code>BuildException</code> to halt build if there are any compiler errors.
+            If <code>false</code>, continue notwithstanding compile errors.
+            Defaults to <code>true</code>.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         
       </table>
     </section>
