Index: xdocs/properties.xml
===================================================================
--- xdocs/properties.xml	(revision 349180)
+++ xdocs/properties.xml	(working copy)
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@
           <td>yes - default is <code>${maven.final.name}.jar</code>.</td>
           <td>The name of the binary artifact to include in distribution, relative to target dir.</td>
         </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.crlf.filter</td>
+          <td>yes - default is <code>"**/*.txt"</code>.</td>
+          <td>Filter specifying files to convert to CRLF (Windows style) line endings in zip distributions.</td>
+        </tr> 
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.dist.lf.filter</td>
+          <td>yes - default is no filter applied (no change to any files)</code>.</td>
+          <td>Filter specifying files to convert to LF line endings in both tar
+              and zip distributions.  This filter is applied before the crlf
+              filter, so in zip archives, the crlf filter will take precendence
+              for files that satisfy both filters.</td>
+        </tr> 
       </table>
     </section>
   </body>
Index: plugin.properties
===================================================================
--- plugin.properties	(revision 349180)
+++ plugin.properties	(working copy)
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@
 maven.dist.src.assembly.dir=${maven.dist.assembly.dir}/src/${maven.final.name}
 maven.dist.dir=${maven.build.dir}/distributions
 maven.dist.bin.artifact=${maven.final.name}.jar
+maven.dist.crlf.filter=**/*.txt
+maven.dist.lf.filter=
Index: plugin.jelly
===================================================================
--- plugin.jelly	(revision 349180)
+++ plugin.jelly	(working copy)
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
   xmlns:util="jelly:util">
 
   <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
-    <!-- fake test because the assert:assertPluginAvailable tag is avalaible in the maven-plugin-plugin 1.7 and newer. Thus maven will break if it's not present. -->  
-    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-plugin-plugin" minRelease="1.7" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
-    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-artifact-plugin" minRelease="1.3" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
+    <!-- fake test because the assert:assertPluginAvailable tag is avalaible in the maven-plugin-plugin 1.7 and newer. Thus maven will break if it's not present.
+    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-plugin-plugin" minRelease="1.7" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>  
+    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-artifact-plugin" minRelease="1.3" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>  -->  
   </j:if>
 
   <j:new var="distTypeHandler" className="org.apache.maven.dist.DistributionArtifactTypeHandler" />
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
     description="Set up directories for a distribution build">
     <ant:delete dir="${maven.dist.dir}"/>
     <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.dist.dir}"/>
+    <j:set var="lfFilter" value="${maven.dist.lf.filter}"/>
+    <j:set var="crlfFilter" value="${maven.dist.crlf.filter}"/>
   </goal>
 
   <goal
@@ -147,6 +149,13 @@
     prereqs="dist:build-setup,dist:prepare-bin-filesystem"
     description="Build the binary distribution.">
 
+    <!-- Use LF line endings for specified files if lf filter
+         is set -->
+    <j:if test="${lfFilter.length() > 0}">
+      <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}" 
+         eol="lf" includes="${lfFilter}"/>
+    </j:if>
+
     <!-- Create a tar.gz file -->
     <ant:tar longfile="gnu" tarfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}.tar">
       <ant:tarfileset dir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}"/>
@@ -159,9 +168,12 @@
     
     <ant:delete file="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}.tar"/>
 
-    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for text files in zip archive -->
-    <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}"
-         eol="crlf" includes="**/*.txt"/>
+    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for specified files in zip if crlf filter
+         is set -->
+    <j:if test="${crlfFilter.length() > 0}">
+      <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.bin.archive.dir}"
+         eol="crlf" includes="${crlfFilter}"/>
+    </j:if>
 
     <!-- Create a zip file -->
     <ant:zip zipfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}.zip">
@@ -174,6 +186,13 @@
     prereqs="dist:build-setup,dist:prepare-src-filesystem"
     description="Build the source distribution.">
  
+    <!-- Use LF line endings for specified files in unix distros if lf filter
+         is set -->
+    <j:if test="${lfFilter.length() > 0}">
+      <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}" 
+         eol="lf" includes="${lfFilter}"/>
+    </j:if>
+
     <!-- Create a tar.gz file -->
     <ant:tar longfile="gnu" tarfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}-src.tar">
       <ant:tarfileset dir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}"/>
@@ -186,9 +205,12 @@
     
     <ant:delete file="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}-src.tar"/>
 
-    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for text files in zip archive -->
-    <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}"
-         eol="crlf" includes="**/*.txt"/>
+    <!-- Use CRLF line endings for text files in zip archive if crlf filter
+         is set -->
+    <j:if test="${crlfFilter.length() > 0}">
+      <ant:fixcrlf srcdir="${maven.dist.src.archive.dir}"
+         eol="crlf" includes="${crlfFilter}"/>
+    </j:if>
 
     <!-- Create a zip file -->
     <ant:zip zipfile="${maven.dist.dir}/${maven.final.name}-src.zip">