diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/JbossDeploymentTool.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/JbossDeploymentTool.java
index f03ae2ab4..957b09014 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/JbossDeploymentTool.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/JbossDeploymentTool.java
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ public class JbossDeploymentTool extends GenericDeploymentTool {
     /** Instance variable that stores the suffix for the jboss jarfile. */
     private String jarSuffix = ".jar";
 
+    /**
+     * Setter used to store the suffix for the generated JBoss jar file.
+     * @param inString the string to use as the suffix.
+     */
+    public void setSuffix(String inString) {
+        jarSuffix = inString;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Add any vendor specific files which should be included in the
      * EJB Jar.