diff --git a/dist/plugin.jelly b/dist/plugin.jelly
index 76918d5f..dc8582ce 100644
--- a/dist/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dist/plugin.jelly
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
     
     <ant:delete file="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}.tar"/>
 
+    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for text files in zip archive -->
+    <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}"
+         eol="crlf" includes="**/*.txt"/>
+
     <!-- Create a zip file -->
     <ant:zip zipfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}.zip">
       <ant:zipfileset dir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}"/>
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@
     
     <ant:delete file="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}-src.tar"/>
 
+    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for text files in zip archive -->
+    <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}"
+         eol="crlf" includes="**/*.txt"/>
+
     <!-- Create a zip file -->
     <ant:zip zipfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}-src.zip">
       <ant:zipfileset dir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}"/>
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
index a7797698..5148acdb 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPDIST-27" due-to="Phil Steitz">Zip archives should use CRLF line endings on txt files.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : 
         <ul>
           <li>commons-logging v1.0.3 -> v1.0.4</li>
