diff --git a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
index a00df8d6..ab6be3a5 100644
--- a/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jbuilder/plugin.jelly
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
       <fullname>${pom.artifactId}</fullname>
       <class>
         <j:if test="${maven.has.jar.resource.patterns}">
-          <path>${maven.jarResources.basedir}"</path>
+          <path><j:expr value="[${maven.jarResources.basedir}]"/></path>
         </j:if>
         <j:if test="${pom.build.testResources != null}">
           <j:forEach var="res" items="${pom.build.testResources}">
-            <path>${res.directory}</path>
+            <path><j:expr value="[${res.directory}]"/></path>
           </j:forEach>
         </j:if>
         <j:if test="${pom.build.unitTest.resources != null}">
-          <path>${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}</path>
+          <path><j:expr value="[${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}]"/></path>
         </j:if>
         <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
           <!-- Had some problems with whitespace, so use j:expr -->
-          <path>[<j:expr value="${maven.repo.local}${lib.urlPath}"/>]</path>
+          <path><j:expr value="[${maven.repo.local}${lib.urlPath}]"/></path>
         </j:forEach>
       </class>
       <required>${pom.artifactId}</required>