Index: /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/ActiveProfile.java
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--- /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/ActiveProfile.java	(revision 0)
+++ /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/ActiveProfile.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.apache.maven.artifact.ant;
+
+
+/**
+ * Container for activating profiles
+ * 
+ * @author Pete Muir
+ *
+ */
+public class ActiveProfile {
+	
+	/**
+	 * If specified, the named property must be defined.  Same as if on 
+	 * <include />
+	 */
+	private String _if;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Profile Id to activate
+	 */
+	private String id;
+	
+	public String getIf() 
+	{
+		return _if;
+	}
+	
+	public void setIf(String iftrue) 
+	{
+		this._if = iftrue;
+	}
+	
+	public String getId() 
+	{
+		return id;
+	}
+	
+	public void setId(String name) 
+	{
+		this.id = name;
+	}
+
+}
Index: /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java
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--- /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java	(revision 582272)
+++ /Users/pmuir/workspace/maven-ant-tasks/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java	(working copy)
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.Reporting;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.apache.maven.profiles.DefaultProfileManager;
+import org.apache.maven.profiles.ProfileManager;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@
     private MavenProject mavenProject;
 
     private File file;
+    
+    private List activeProfiles = new ArrayList();
 
     /**
      * The property interceptor.
@@ -129,6 +135,16 @@
     {
         this.file = file;
     }
+    
+    public List getActiveProfiles()
+    {
+    	return activeProfiles;
+    }
+    
+    public void addActiveProfile(ActiveProfile activeProfile)
+    {
+    	this.activeProfiles.add(activeProfile);
+    }
 
     void initialise( MavenProjectBuilder builder, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
     {
@@ -145,8 +161,8 @@
             
             try
             {
-                // TODO: should the profiles be constructed and passed in here? From Ant, or perhaps settings?
-                mavenProject = builder.build( file, localRepository, null );
+                ProfileManager profileManager = createProfileManager();
+                mavenProject = builder.build( file, localRepository, profileManager );
             }
             catch ( ProjectBuildingException e )
             {
@@ -159,6 +175,21 @@
         }
     }
     
+    private ProfileManager createProfileManager()
+    {
+        ProfileManager profileManager = new DefaultProfileManager(getContainer(), getSettings());
+        Iterator it = getActiveProfiles().iterator();
+        while (it.hasNext())
+        {
+            ActiveProfile activeProfile = (ActiveProfile) it.next();
+            if (activeProfile.getIf() == null || (getProject().getProperty(activeProfile.getIf()) != null))
+            {		
+                profileManager.explicitlyActivate(activeProfile.getId());
+            }
+        }
+        return profileManager;
+    }
+    
     private void checkParentPom()
     {
         Model model = null;