diff --git a/ant/project.xml b/ant/project.xml
index 699ce4ff..eb0f059c 100644
--- a/ant/project.xml
+++ b/ant/project.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@
         <role>Release Manager</role>
       </roles>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Arnaud Heritier</name>
+      <id>aheritier</id>
+      <email>aheritier@apache.org</email>
+      <organization/>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Java Developer</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ant/src/plugin-resources/templates/build.jelly b/ant/src/plugin-resources/templates/build.jelly
index b1506de0..1477e275 100644
--- a/ant/src/plugin-resources/templates/build.jelly
+++ b/ant/src/plugin-resources/templates/build.jelly
@@ -73,53 +73,75 @@
     
     <mkdir dir="$${classesdir}"/>
 
-    <javac
-      destdir="$${classesdir}"
-      excludes="**/package.html"
-      debug="true"
-      deprecation="true"
-      optimize="false">
-      <src>
-        <pathelement location="${srcDir}"/>
-      </src>
-      <classpath>
-        <fileset dir="$${libdir}">
-          <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </classpath>
-    </javac>
+    <j:if test="${sourcesPresent}">
+      <javac
+        destdir="$${classesdir}"
+        excludes="**/package.html"
+        debug="true"
+        deprecation="true"
+        optimize="false">
+        <src>
+          <pathelement location="${srcDir}"/>
+        </src>
+        <classpath>
+          <fileset dir="$${libdir}">
+            <include name="*.jar"/>
+          </fileset>
+        </classpath>
+      </javac>
+    </j:if>
     
     <!-- 
      | Copy any resources that must be present in the deployed
      | JAR file.
     -->
     <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.resources}">
- 
-    <copy todir="$${classesdir}">
-      
-      <maven:makeRelativePath var="dir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
 
-      <j:if test="${empty dir}">
-        <j:set var="dir" value="."/>
-      </j:if>
-      
-      <fileset dir="${dir}">
-      
-      <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
-        <include name="${res}"/>
-      </j:forEach>
-      <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
-        <exclude name="${res}"/>
-      </j:forEach>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
+      <j:choose trim="true">
+        <j:when test="${(resource.targetPath != null) &amp;&amp; (!resource.targetPath.equals(''))}">
+          <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${classesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+          <mkdir dir="$${classesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+        </j:when>
+        <j:otherwise>
+          <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${classesdir}"/>
+        </j:otherwise>
+      </j:choose>   
+ 
+      <copy todir="${outputDir}">
+        
+        <maven:makeRelativePath var="dir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
+  
+        <j:if test="${empty dir}">
+          <j:set var="dir" value="."/>
+        </j:if>
+        
+        <fileset dir="${dir}">
+        
+        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+          <include name="${res}"/>
+        </j:forEach>
+        <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+          <exclude name="${res}"/>
+        </j:forEach>
+        </fileset>
+      </copy>
     
     </j:forEach>
 
     <!-- Copy any resources required for unit testing -->
     <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">
  
-    <copy todir="$${testclassesdir}">
+    <j:choose trim="true">
+      <j:when test="${(resource.targetPath != null) &amp;&amp; (!resource.targetPath.equals(''))}">
+        <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${testclassesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+        <mkdir dir="$${testclassesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+      </j:when>
+      <j:otherwise>
+        <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${testclassesdir}"/>
+      </j:otherwise>
+    </j:choose>   
+
+    <copy todir="${outputDir}">
       
       <maven:makeRelativePath var="dir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
 
@@ -259,18 +281,27 @@
       </j:if>
    
       <j:if test="${maven.has.test.resource.patterns}">
-      <copy todir="$${testclassesdir}">
-        <fileset dir="${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}">
-          <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">     
-            <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
-              <include name="${res}"/>
-            </j:forEach>
-            <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
-              <exclude name="${res}"/>
-            </j:forEach>
-          </j:forEach>
-        </fileset>
-      </copy>
+        <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">     
+          <j:choose trim="true">
+            <j:when test="${(resource.targetPath != null) &amp;&amp; (!resource.targetPath.equals(''))}">
+              <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${testclassesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+              <mkdir dir="$${testclassesdir}/${resource.targetPath}"/>
+            </j:when>
+            <j:otherwise>
+              <j:set var="outputDir" value="$${testclassesdir}"/>
+            </j:otherwise>
+          </j:choose>   
+          <copy todir="${outputDir}">
+            <fileset dir="${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}">
+              <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.includes}">
+                <include name="${res}"/>
+              </j:forEach>
+              <j:forEach var="res" items="${resource.excludes}">
+                <exclude name="${res}"/>
+              </j:forEach>
+            </fileset>
+          </copy>
+        </j:forEach>      
       </j:if>
     </j:if>
   </target>
diff --git a/ant/xdocs/changes.xml b/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
index 263d6bb5..2904ed3d 100644
--- a/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ant/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.7" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPANT-14">Resources are correctly copied to the specified targetPath.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPANT-13">Corrects also NumberFormatException. <code>pom.build.unitTest.resources</code> is made up of several <code>resource</code> elements.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPANT-12">Remove NumberFormatException if <code>pom.build.unitTest.resources</code> doesn't exist.</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPANT-11">Change plugin tests to use 'assert' tags</action>