diff --git a/xdoc/plugin.jelly b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
index 0403d87b..6ab50413 100644
--- a/xdoc/plugin.jelly
+++ b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@
       <j:new var="dirMapper" className="org.apache.maven.util.CaseInsensitiveGlobPatternMapper"/>
       <j:setProperties object="${dirMapper}" from="${fromDirPattern}" to="${toDirPattern}"/>
 
+      <maven:pluginVar var="maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern" 
+        plugin='maven-xdoc-plugin' property='maven.xdoc.xml.copy' />
+
       <fileScanner var="docFiles">
         <fileset dir="${srcdir}">
           <patternset>
@@ -287,6 +290,12 @@
             <exclude name="**/template.xml"/>
             <exclude name="**/navigation.xml"/>
             <exclude name="changes.xml"/>
+            <j:if test="${maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern!=null and !maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern.equals('')}">
+              <util:tokenize var="xmlPatterns" delim=",">${maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern}</util:tokenize>
+              <j:forEach var="xmlPattern" items="${xmlPatterns}">
+                <exclude name="${xmlPattern}"/>
+              </j:forEach>              
+            </j:if>
             <include name="**/*.xml"/>
           </patternset>
         </fileset>
@@ -597,6 +606,10 @@
 
     <j:if test="${maven.docs.src.available}">
 
+      <log:info>
+        Copying user supplied resources.
+      </log:info>
+
       <!-- Copy user supplied resources -->
       <copy todir="${maven.docs.dest}" filtering="no">
         <fileset dir="${maven.docs.src}">
@@ -623,6 +636,25 @@
       </util:available>
  
     </j:if>
+
+    <maven:pluginVar var="maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern" 
+      plugin='maven-xdoc-plugin' property='maven.xdoc.xml.copy' />
+    
+    <j:if test="${maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern!=null and !maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern.equals('')}">
+    <util:tokenize var="xmlPatterns" delim=",">${maven_xdoc_xml_copy_pattern}</util:tokenize>
+      <log:info>
+        Copying user supplied xml files.
+      </log:info>
+      <!-- Copy xml files -->
+      <copy todir="${maven.docs.dest}" filtering="no">
+        <fileset dir="${maven.docs.src}">
+          <j:forEach var="xmlPattern" items="${xmlPatterns}">
+            <include name="${xmlPattern}"/>
+          </j:forEach>
+        </fileset>
+      </copy>
+            
+    </j:if>    
   </goal>
 
   <!-- ================================================================== -->
diff --git a/xdoc/plugin.properties b/xdoc/plugin.properties
index c639f931..24e82486 100644
--- a/xdoc/plugin.properties
+++ b/xdoc/plugin.properties
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@ maven.xdoc.projectInfo = cvs-usage.xml,\
                          project-info.xml,\
                          team-list.xml,\
                          downloads.jelly
+
+# List of xml files (or patterns) that are copied but not transformed
+#maven.xdoc.xml.copy=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
index 5201ad7e..a1f70d82 100644
--- a/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/maven.xml
@@ -25,5 +25,10 @@
     <assert:assertEquals expected="0" value="${countLogo.intValue().toString()}" msg="Logo not found."/>
     <x:set var="countUrl" select="count($linkcheckDoc/linkcheck/file/result[contains(child::target,'project-info.html')][contains(child::status,'NOT FOUND')])"/>
     <assert:assertEquals expected="0" value="${countUrl.intValue().toString()}" msg="Url not found."/>
+    <!-- Test -->
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.dest}/xml_copy_only.xml"/>
+    <assert:assertFileNotFound file="${maven.docs.dest}/xml_copy_only.html"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.docs.dest}/myfile.export.xml"/>
+    <assert:assertFileNotFound file="${maven.docs.dest}/myfile.export.html"/>
   </goal>
 </project>
diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/project.properties b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a67992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#  
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# List of xml files (or patterns) that are copied but not transformed
+maven.xdoc.xml.copy=**/*copy_only.xml,**/*.export.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/myfile.export.xml b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/myfile.export.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13cd1c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/myfile.export.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!-- 
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+ -->
+
+<document>
+
+  <properties>
+    <title>Xdoc test Document</title>
+  </properties>
+
+  <body>
+    <section name="test jslToSite tag">
+      <p>empty document</p>
+    	<p>
+    		This document is generated separately from other xdoc documents
+    		but should retain the site stylesheet and navigation.
+    	</p>
+    </section>
+  </body>
+</document>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/xml_copy_only.xml b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/xml_copy_only.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13cd1c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-test/test02/xdocs/xml_copy_only.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!-- 
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+ -->
+
+<document>
+
+  <properties>
+    <title>Xdoc test Document</title>
+  </properties>
+
+  <body>
+    <section name="test jslToSite tag">
+      <p>empty document</p>
+    	<p>
+    		This document is generated separately from other xdoc documents
+    		but should retain the site stylesheet and navigation.
+    	</p>
+    </section>
+  </body>
+</document>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
index 5726df54..539eeb7c 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPXDOC-123">New property (maven.xdoc.xml.copy) to copy only and not transform some xml files provided in the ${maven.docs.src} directory.</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="update">Make compatible with Maven 1.1</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPXDOC-117" due-to="Dennis Lundberg">Show version if maven.xdoc.date=right</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPXDOC-115" due-to="Brent Worden">Allow header images and links to use relative paths</action>
diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/properties.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/properties.xml
index 64d72c41..91448374 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
             <code>${maven.build.dir}/generated-xdocs</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.xdoc.xml.copy</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            A comma separated list of patterns to specify xml files to copy 
+            from ${maven.docs.src} to ${maven.docs.dest} without 
+            to perform a transformation to HTML.
+            The default value is empty (no xml files are copied).
+          </td>
+        </tr>        
       </table>
     </section>
     <section name="Localization Properties">