Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/JdkPrefixProfileActivator.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/JdkPrefixProfileActivator.java	(revision 737395)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/JdkPrefixProfileActivator.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.InvalidVersionSpecificationException;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Activation;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@
         }
 
         // null case is covered by canDetermineActivation(), so we can do a straight startsWith() here.
-        boolean result = JDK_VERSION.startsWith( jdk );
+        boolean result = ( jdk.startsWith( "(" ) || jdk.startsWith( "[" )) ? matchJdkVersionRange( jdk ) : JDK_VERSION.startsWith( jdk );
         
         if ( reverse )
         {
@@ -54,6 +57,25 @@
             return result;
         }
     }
+    
+    private boolean matchJdkVersionRange( String jdk ) {
+    	
+    	boolean result = false;
+    	
+        try
+        {
+        	VersionRange jdkVersionRange = VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec( jdk.replaceAll( "_" , "-" ) );
+        	DefaultArtifactVersion jdkVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion( JDK_VERSION.replaceAll( "_" , "-" ) );
+        	
+        	result = jdkVersionRange.containsVersion( jdkVersion );
+        }
+        catch ( InvalidVersionSpecificationException e )
+        {
+			getLogger().warn( "Invalid JDK version range: " + jdk );
+		}
+        
+        return result;
+	}
 
     protected boolean canDetectActivation( Profile profile )
     {