diff --git a/changelog/plugin.jelly b/changelog/plugin.jelly
index 24768cb9..e4611af6 100644
--- a/changelog/plugin.jelly
+++ b/changelog/plugin.jelly
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
         <j:if test="${empty(_connection)}">
           <j:set var="_connection">${pom.repository.developerConnection}</j:set>
         </j:if>
+        <j:set var="_useDeveloperConnection">${maven.changelog.useDeveloperConnection}</j:set>
+        <j:if test="${_useDeveloperConnection}">
+          <j:set var="_connection">${pom.repository.developerConnection}</j:set>
+        </j:if>
         <j:if test="${!empty(_connection)}">
           <!-- Make sure the correct properties are set -->
           <j:switch on="${maven.changelog.type}">
diff --git a/changelog/plugin.properties b/changelog/plugin.properties
index 2bab411f..6bc679e7 100644
--- a/changelog/plugin.properties
+++ b/changelog/plugin.properties
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ maven.changelog.range = 30
 #maven.changelog.tag =
 
 maven.changelog.quoteDate=false
+#maven.changelog.useDeveloperConnection=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
index 3f388fd0..4beeb32f 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.10" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">New property <code>maven.changelog.useDeveloperConnection</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPCHANGELOG-86" due-to="Christoph Jerolimov">Support time period in MKS changelog parser.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1753">Upgrade to Xerces 2.8.0. Replace the deprecated xmlParserAPIs by xml-apis 1.3.03. Add the xml-resolver dependency for xerces.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Upgrade to Junit 3.8.2.</action>
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml b/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
index f26cc1d3..b51850a2 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@
             Currently only used by cvs. Defaults to <code>false</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.changelog.useDeveloperConnection</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Set this to <code>true</code> to use the <code>repository/developerConnection</code>
+            pom element for connecting to the source repository.
+            Default is to use the <code>repository/connection</code> element.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
     <section name="Other properties">
