Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java	(revision 452544)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java	(working copy)
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@
     private boolean isJavaProject;
 
     /**
+	 * When set to true, resource directories which are marked as filtered will
+	 * not be added to eclipse's source directories. They will therefore not be
+	 * included in the classpath from eclipse's point of view. For example, they
+	 * will not be accessible from unit tests when ran from eclipse.
+	 * 
+	 * @parameter default-value="false"
+	 */
+    private boolean excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs;
+
+    /**
      * Getter for <code>buildcommands</code>.
      * @return Returns the buildcommands.
      */
@@ -787,6 +797,11 @@
             String includePattern = null;
             String excludePattern = null;
 
+            if( resource.isFiltering() && excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs ) {
+                getLog().debug( Messages.getString( "EclipseClasspathWriter.filteredresourcedirexcludedfromsourcedirs", resource.getDirectory() ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+            	continue;
+            }
+
             if ( resource.getIncludes().size() != 0 )
             {
                 // @todo includePattern = ?
Index: src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/messages.properties
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--- src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/messages.properties	(revision 452544)
+++ src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/messages.properties	(working copy)
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 EclipseClasspathWriter.lookingforsources=Looking for source archive for artifact {0}
 EclipseClasspathWriter.sourcesavailable=Sources attachment for artifact {0} set to {1}
-   
+EclipseClasspathWriter.filteredresourcedirexcludedfromsourcedirs=Resource directory {0} is excluded from sources directories because it is filtered
+
 EclipseProjectWriter.notafile=Not adding a file link to {0}; it is not a file
 
 EclipseCleanMojo.failedtodelete=Failed to delete {0} file: {0}
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java	(revision 452544)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -223,4 +223,14 @@
         testProject( "project-23" );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ability to exclude filtered resources from being added to the eclipse classpath
+     * @throws Exception any exception thrown during test
+     */
+    public void testProject24()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testProject( "project-24" );
+    }
+
 }
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>eclipse</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</artifactId>
+  <version>24</version>
+  <name>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</name>
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/binary-resources</directory>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs>true</excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<classpath>
+  <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/binary-resources"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+</classpath>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<projectDescription>
+  <name>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</name>
+  <comment/>
+  <projects/>
+  <buildSpec>
+    <buildCommand>
+      <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+      <arguments/>
+    </buildCommand>
+  </buildSpec>
+  <natures>
+    <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+  </natures>
+</projectDescription>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.classpath	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<classpath>
+  <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/binary-resources"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+</classpath>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/expected/.project	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<projectDescription>
+  <name>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</name>
+  <comment/>
+  <projects/>
+  <buildSpec>
+    <buildCommand>
+      <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+      <arguments/>
+    </buildCommand>
+  </buildSpec>
+  <natures>
+    <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+  </natures>
+</projectDescription>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-24/pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>eclipse</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</artifactId>
+  <version>24</version>
+  <name>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-24</name>
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+      </resource>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/binary-resources</directory>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs>true</excludeFilteredResourcesFromSourceDirs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/src/main/binary-resources/dummy
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Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/src/main/binary-resources/dummy
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Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/src/main/resources/dummy
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Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-24/src/main/resources/dummy
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