diff --git a/jdiff/plugin.jelly b/jdiff/plugin.jelly
index f4699f4d..22c23660 100644
--- a/jdiff/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jdiff/plugin.jelly
@@ -22,8 +22,22 @@
   xmlns:j="jelly:core"
   xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
   xmlns:doc="doc"
+  xmlns:scm="scm"
   xmlns:ant="jelly:ant">
 
+  <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
+    <!-- Poor mans version check - plugin dependencies still suck for multiple versions -->
+    <maven:get plugin="maven-scm-plugin" property="plugin" var="scmPlugin" />
+    <j:if test="${scmPlugin.currentVersion.compareTo('1.5') lt 0}">
+      <ant:fail>
+        Must have SCM plugin v1.5 installed to use this version of the jdiff plugin.
+        Try: maven plugin:download -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-scm-plugin -Dversion=1.5
+        You can find the latest version of the SCM plugin on the Maven Download page at
+        http://maven.apache.org/start/download.html
+      </ant:fail>
+    </j:if>
+  </j:if>
+
   <goal name="maven-jdiff-plugin:register">
     <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.mode.online') == null}">
       <j:set var="maven.mode.online" value="true" />
@@ -71,6 +85,9 @@
       <ant:equals arg1="${maven.jdiff.old.tag}" arg2="CURRENT"/>
     </ant:condition>
 
+    <j:set var="scmConnection" value="${pom.repository.connection}"/>
+    <j:set var="scmMethod" value="${scmConnection.substring(4,7)}"/>
+
     <maven:makeRelativePath var="relativeSrcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${pom.build.sourceDirectory}" />
     <j:choose>
   
@@ -80,17 +97,18 @@
       
       <j:otherwise>
         <ant:property name="maven.jdiff.new.dir" value="${maven.jdiff.dir}/${maven.jdiff.new.tag}"/>  
-        <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}"/>
-
-        <ant:cvs
-          cvsRoot="${pom.repository.cvsRoot}"
-          package="${pom.repository.cvsModule}"
-          dest="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}"
-          tag="${maven.jdiff.new.tag}"
-        />    
+        <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}"/>     
+        <scm:checkout 
+           var="checkoutBean" 
+           url="${scmConnection}"
+           tag="${maven.jdiff.new.tag}"
+           tagBase="${maven.scm.svn.tagBase}"
+           workingDirectory="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}"
+           username="${maven.scm.username}" 
+           password="${maven.scm.password}"
+        />
         <ant:property name="maven.jdiff.new.src" 
-          value="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}/${pom.repository.cvsModule}/${relativeSrcDir}"/>
-    
+          value="${maven.jdiff.new.dir}/${relativeSrcDir}"/>
       </j:otherwise>
     </j:choose>
 
@@ -103,17 +121,18 @@
       <j:otherwise>
         <ant:property name="maven.jdiff.old.dir" 
           value="${maven.jdiff.dir}/${maven.jdiff.old.tag}"/>  
-        <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}"/>
-
-        <ant:cvs
-          cvsRoot="${pom.repository.cvsRoot}"
-          package="${pom.repository.cvsModule}"
-          dest="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}"
-          tag="${maven.jdiff.old.tag}"
-        />
-    
+        <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}"/>        
+        <scm:checkout 
+           var="checkoutBean" 
+           url="${scmConnection}"
+           tag="${maven.jdiff.old.tag}"
+           tagBase="${maven.scm.svn.tagBase}"
+           workingDirectory="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}"
+           username="${maven.scm.username}" 
+           password="${maven.scm.password}"
+         /> 
         <ant:property name="maven.jdiff.old.src" 
-          value="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}/${pom.repository.cvsModule}/${relativeSrcDir}"/>
+          value="${maven.jdiff.old.dir}/${relativeSrcDir}"/>
       </j:otherwise>
     </j:choose>
     
diff --git a/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml b/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
index 45b67797..5e330533 100644
--- a/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.4.1" date="in CVS">
+    <release version="1.4.1-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="update" due-to="Phil Steitz" issue="MPJDIFF-6">Utilise SCM plugin to support multiple SCMs (tested with CVS and Subversion)</action>
       <action dev="dion" type="add">Add basic homepage.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.4" date="2004-06-18">
