diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index abf634bd4..c760f2f4f 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -976,6 +976,10 @@ Other changes:
  * <property location="from" basedir="to" relative="true"/> can now
    calculate relative paths.
 
+ * The <name> selector supports a new handleDirSep attribute that
+   makes it ignore differences between / and \ separators.
+   Bugzilla Report 47858.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTypes/resources.html b/docs/manual/CoreTypes/resources.html
index a4417450d..789835f5d 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTypes/resources.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTypes/resources.html
@@ -545,6 +545,16 @@ platforms.
       <td valign="top">Whether name comparisons are case-sensitive</td>
       <td align="center" valign="top">No, default <i>true</i></td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td valign="top">handledirsep</td>
+      <td valign="top">
+        If this is specified, the mapper will treat a \ character in a
+        resource name or name attribute as a / for the purposes of
+        matching.  This attribute can be true or false, the default is
+        false.
+        <em>Since Ant 1.8.0.</em>
+        <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
+      </tr>
   </table>
 
   <h4><a name="rsel.exists">exists</a></h4>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/selectors/Name.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/selectors/Name.java
index 12e87ebf2..c575a0b13 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/selectors/Name.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/selectors/Name.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
     private String regex = null;
     private String pattern;
     private boolean cs = true;
+    private boolean handleDirSep = false;
 
     // caches for performance reasons
     private RegularExpression reg;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
     /**
      * Set the regular expression to compare names against.
      * @param r the regex to set.
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
      */
     public void setRegex(String r) {
         regex = r;
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
     /**
      * Get the regular expression used by this Name ResourceSelector.
      * @return the String selection pattern.
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
      */
     public String getRegex() {
         return regex;
@@ -91,6 +94,26 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
         return cs;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the difference
+     * between / and \ (the two common directory characters).
+     * @param handleDirSep a boolean, default is false.
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public void setHandleDirSep(boolean handleDirSep) {
+        this.handleDirSep = handleDirSep;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the difference between / and \ (the two common
+     * directory characters) is ignored.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public boolean doesHandledirSep() {
+        return handleDirSep;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return true if this Resource is selected.
      * @param r the Resource to check.
@@ -107,7 +130,7 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
 
     private boolean matches(String name) {
         if (pattern != null) {
-            return SelectorUtils.match(pattern, name, cs);
+            return SelectorUtils.match(modify(pattern), modify(name), cs);
         } else {
             if (reg == null) {
                 reg = new RegularExpression();
@@ -118,7 +141,14 @@ public class Name implements ResourceSelector {
             if (!cs) {
                 options |= Regexp.MATCH_CASE_INSENSITIVE;
             }
-            return expression.matches(name, options);
+            return expression.matches(modify(name), options);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String modify(String s) {
+        if (s == null || !handleDirSep || s.indexOf("\\") == -1) {
+            return s;
         }
+        return s.replace('\\', '/');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/name-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/name-test.xml
index f85458f0e..84cbedb4a 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/name-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/name-test.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit" default="antunit"
-         xmlns:rsel="antlib:org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.selectors">
+<project xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit" default="antunit">
 
   <import file="../../../antunit-base.xml" />
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@
       <resourcecount when="equal" count="1">
         <restrict>
           <fileset dir="${output}"/>
-          <rsel:name name="*"/>
+          <name name="*"/>
         </restrict>
       </resourcecount>
     </au:assertTrue>
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
       <resourcecount when="equal" count="0">
         <restrict>
           <fileset dir="${output}"/>
-          <rsel:name name=".*"/>
+          <name name=".*"/>
         </restrict>
       </resourcecount>
     </au:assertTrue>
@@ -51,9 +50,41 @@
       <resourcecount when="equal" count="1">
         <restrict>
           <fileset dir="${output}"/>
-          <rsel:name regex=".*"/>
+          <name regex=".*"/>
         </restrict>
       </resourcecount>
     </au:assertTrue>
   </target>
+
+  <target name="testHandledirSep" depends="createTestdir">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <!-- only one should match the current platform -->
+      <resourcecount when="equal" count="1">
+        <resources>
+          <restrict>
+            <fileset dir="${output}"/>
+            <name name="**/${file}"/>
+          </restrict>
+          <restrict>
+            <fileset dir="${output}"/>
+            <name name="**\${file}"/>
+          </restrict>
+        </resources>
+      </resourcecount>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <resourcecount when="equal" count="2">
+        <resources>
+          <restrict>
+            <fileset dir="${output}"/>
+            <name name="**/${file}" handleDirSep="true"/>
+          </restrict>
+          <restrict>
+            <fileset dir="${output}"/>
+            <name name="**\${file}" handleDirSep="true"/>
+          </restrict>
+        </resources>
+      </resourcecount>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
 </project>