diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.jelly b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
index 32038d52..9e72e5bb 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <define:tag name="write-classpath-entry">
       <maven:param-check value="${groupId}" fail="true" message="'groupId' must be specified"/>
       <maven:param-check value="${artifactId}" fail="true" message="'artifactId' must be specified"/>
-      <maven:param-check value="${version}" fail="true" message="'version' must be specified"/>
+      <maven:param-check value="${version}" fail="false" message="'version' should be specified for artifact ${groupId}.${artifactId}"/>
       <!-- relativePath is optional, used for jar override -->
 
       <j:set var="relativePathCheck" value="${relativePath}X" />
diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.properties b/eclipse/plugin.properties
index dcc4f1e5..88794ab5 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.properties
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.properties
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
 maven.eclipse.goals = plugins
 maven.gen.src=${maven.build.dir}/generated-sources
 maven.eclipse.src.extension = zip
+maven.eclipse.addResources=false
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
index 9f6d97d3..3ae40446 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
@@ -57,14 +57,25 @@
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${srcDir}" excluding="${excluding}" />
 
     <j:if test="${!pom.build.resources.isEmpty()}">
+    <!-- Turn off for most users this buggy code-->
+    <j:if test="${maven.eclipse.addResources == 'true'}">
       <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.resources}">
+        <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
+        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+          <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+        </j:forEach>
+       <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
+        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+          <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
+        </j:forEach>        
         <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
         <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
         <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir)}">
-          <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" including="${include}" excluding="${exclude}" />
+          <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}" />
         </j:if>
       </j:forEach>
     </j:if>
+    </j:if>
   </j:if>
 
   <!-- Add the list of additional directories for the classpath from ${maven.eclipse.classpath.include}-->
@@ -127,14 +138,25 @@
 
     <j:if test="${pom.build.unitTest != null}">
       <j:if test="${!pom.build.unitTest.resources.isEmpty()}">
+      <!-- Turn off for most users this buggy code-->
+      <j:if test="${maven.eclipse.addResources == 'true'}">
         <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">
+          <j:set var="includingAsString" value="" />
+          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+            <j:set var="includingAsString" value="${includingAsString}${res}|" />
+          </j:forEach>
+         <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="" />
+          <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+            <j:set var="excludingAsString" value="${excludingAsString}${res}|" />
+          </j:forEach>          
           <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
           <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
           <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir)}">
-            <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" output="${testOutputDir}" />
+            <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" output="${testOutputDir}" including="${includingAsString}" excluding="${excludingAsString}"/>
           </j:if>          
         </j:forEach>
       </j:if>
+      </j:if>
     </j:if>
   </j:if>
 
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 6ae683cb..b2b8146d 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,test-classpath-con-entry">
+  <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,test-maven-eclipse-addResources">
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-init">
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
     <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
     <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'src')])"/>
-    <assert:assertEquals expected="6" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="Wrong number of generated src directories found"/>  
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="4" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="Wrong number of generated src directories found"/>  
 
   </goal>
   
@@ -154,5 +154,21 @@
     <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>  
+  
+  <goal name="test-maven-eclipse-addResources">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
+    <!-- Not working!  ARgh-->
+    <j:set var="maven.eclipse.addResources" value="true"/>
+    <attainGoal name="eclipse"/>
+
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotProject}" />
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotClasspath}" />
+
+    <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
+    <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
+    <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'src')])"/>
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="4" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="Wrong number of generated src directories found"/>  
+
+  </goal>  
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
index d14082be..33023603 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add">add property maven.eclipse.addResources=false to prevent the build resources from breaking old Eclipse builds.</action>        
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add">Allow includes/excludes in build resources to be used in the classpath generation.</action>
       <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>