diff --git a/jar/plugin.jelly b/jar/plugin.jelly
index 11e33fc3..81fc1826 100644
--- a/jar/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jar/plugin.jelly
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     
   <goal name="jar:jar"
         description="Create the deliverable jar file."
-        prereqs="test:test">
+        prereqs="java:compile,java:jar-resources,test:test">
 
     <j:choose>
       <j:when test="${pom.currentVersion == null}">
diff --git a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
index 2fcf2d13..21e0b179 100644
--- a/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jar/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!-- 
 /*
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix">java:compile and java:jar-resources should be called before the jar goal to create the good directory structure. It was done in test:test before but it's also a prerequisite for jar:jar.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update" issue="MPJAR-47">Remove unused properties from documentation.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update" issue="MPJAR-35" due-to="Dennis Lundberg">Document need for jar.manifest.classpath property.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : 
