diff --git a/ear/plugin.jelly b/ear/plugin.jelly
index 9dc49d3f..36e2fb20 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ear/plugin.jelly
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
       </util:available>
       
       <!-- include marked dependencies -->
+      <j:set var="tmpDependenciesDir" value="${maven.build.dir}/tmpEarDeps"/>
       <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
         <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>      
         <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true' || dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
@@ -85,23 +86,26 @@
           </j:if>
 
           <ant:echo>Bundling: ${dep.type} - ${dep.id} - ${dep.version}</ant:echo>
-          <j:set var="targetPath" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.dir')}"/> 
-          <!-- decide where to include the dependency -->
-          <j:choose>
-             <j:when test="${empty(targetPath)}">
-               <ant:fileset dir="${lib.file.parent}">
-                 <ant:include name="${lib.file.name}"/>
-               </ant:fileset>
-             </j:when>
-             <j:otherwise>
-               <ant:zipfileset dir="${lib.file.parent}" prefix="${targetPath}">
-                 <ant:include name="${lib.file.name}"/>
-               </ant:zipfileset>
-            </j:otherwise>
-          </j:choose>
+          <!-- define the directory where the dependency will be included -->
+          <!-- (if the property is not set, dir is the root) -->
+          <j:set var="bundleDir" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.dir')}"/> 
+          <!-- define the name of the dependency -->
+          <j:set var="bundleName" value="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle.name')}"/> 
+          <j:if test="${empty(bundleName)}">
+             <j:set var="bundleName" value="${lib.file.name}"/>
+          </j:if>
+
+          <j:set var="bundlePath" value="${bundleDir}/${bundleName}"/>
+
+          <echo>Dependency ${lib.file.name} will be bundled as ${bundlePath}</echo>
+
+          <!-- after the definitions, copy the dependency -->
+          <ant:copy file="${lib.file.parent}/${lib.file.name}" tofile="${tmpDependenciesDir}/${bundlePath}"/>
 
         </j:if>  
       </j:forEach>
+      <!-- bundle all dependencies that were copied to a temporary dir -->
+      <ant:fileset dir="${tmpDependenciesDir}"/>
 
       <!-- include license -->
       <j:set var="licenseFileName"><license:fileName/></j:set>
@@ -140,6 +144,11 @@
       
     </ant:ear>
 
+    <!-- delete temporary directory -->
+    <util:available file="${tmpDependenciesDir}">
+      <ant:delete dir="${tmpDependenciesDir}"/>
+    </util:available>
+
   </goal>
 
   
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
index 9e437703..73f985ed 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,19 @@
 
     <!-- check for commons-logging -->
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${unzipDir}/APP-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.0.3.jar"
-      msg="commons logging was not bundled"/>
+      msg="commons-logging was not bundled"/>
     
     <!-- check that commons-collections has been packaged in the right place-->
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${unzipDir}/commons-collections-2.1.jar"
-      msg="commons collections was bundled incorrectly"/>
+      msg="commons-collections was bundled incorrectly"/>
+
+    <!-- check that commons-digester has been packaged in the right place-->
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${unzipDir}/commons-digester.jar"
+      msg="commons-digester was bundled incorrectly"/>
+
+    <!-- check that log4j has been packaged in the right place-->
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${unzipDir}/APP-INF/lib/LOG4J.JAR"
+      msg="log4j was bundled incorrectly"/>
 
 
   </goal>
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/project.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/project.xml
index 2f2f0f30..8a7f8ebe 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/project.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/test02/project.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
   </organization>
   <inceptionYear>2004</inceptionYear>
   <package>au.gov.qld</package>
-  <shortDescription>Test for Jar paths in Ears</shortDescription>
-  <description>Test that a jar is packaged in the path specified in the project file</description>
+  <shortDescription>Test for new properties ear.bundle.name and ear.bundle.dir</shortDescription>
+  <description>Tests if a dependency which has the properties ear.bundle.name or ear.bundle.dir it is properly bundled in the EAR (see issues MPEAR-26 and MPEAR-23)</description>
   <url/>
   <developers>
     <developer>
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
       <organization>Queensland Government</organization>
       <role>Java Developer</role>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Felipe Leme</name>
+      <id>felipeal</id>
+      <role>Jelly Developer</role>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -58,6 +63,25 @@
         <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6</version>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
+        <ear.bundle.name>commons-digester.jar</ear.bundle.name>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.8</version>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
+        <ear.bundle.name>LOG4J.JAR</ear.bundle.name>
+        <ear.bundle.dir>/APP-INF/lib</ear.bundle.dir>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src</sourceDirectory>
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index ddd688c8..4686ca1b 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="felipeal" type="add" issue="MPEAR-26">Add new property dependency (<code>ear.bundle.name</code>) to define the name a dependency should have the EAR.</action>
       <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-20">Changed the default value of <code>maven.ear.displayname</code>.</action>
       <action dev="felipeal" type="add" issue="MPEAR-23" due-to="Wiley Fuller">Add new property dependency(<code>ear.bundle.dir</code>) to define where a dependency should be added in the EAR.</action>
       <action dev="felipeal" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-9" due-to="Sean Timm">Build now fails in some cases were the dependencies are copied with wrong case.</action>
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
index 3765b0f0..72942213 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -187,6 +187,37 @@
       </properties>
     </dependency>
   ]]></source>
+<p>(it does not matter if the value of <code>ear.bundle.dir</code> starts with a slash (<code>/</code>) or not - it will always be relative to the root of the EAR)</p>
+       <p>
+         It is also possible to change the name by which the dependency will be bundles using the <code>ear.bundle.name</code> property:
+       </p>
+  <source><![CDATA[
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jarArtifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>aversion</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
+        <ear.bundle.name>aJar</ear.bundle.name>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+  ]]></source>
+<p>In the example above, the dependency will be bundled simply as <code>aJar</code> and not <code>jarArtifactId.aversion</code>; note that <code>ear.bundle.name</code> and <code>ear.bundle.dir</code> can be used together:</p>
+  <source><![CDATA[
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>groupId</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jarArtifactId</artifactId>
+      <version>aversion</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
+        <ear.bundle.name>aJar</ear.bundle.name>
+        <ear.bundle.dir>/anotherDir</ear.bundle.dir>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+  ]]></source>
+
        <p>
          Finally, please note that if a jar is a java client module, you will need to declare
          it using the <code>ear.module</code> property, rather than ear.bundle: