diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 530e044b0..986b51fdb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Scott Carlson
 Scott M. Stirling
 Sean Egan
 Sean P. Kane
+Sebastien Arod
 Shiraz Kanga
 Sebastian Kantha
 Simon Law
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 5c02578cc..272bacb1b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * ReplaceTokens should allow properties files. Bugzilla report 39688.
 
+* FTP Account could not be specified in ant FTP task. Bugzilla report 39720.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.4 to Ant 1.6.5
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index 7204e9783..37c9062f9 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@
     <middle>P.</middle>
     <last>Kane</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Sebastien</first>
+    <last>Arod</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Shiraz</first>
     <last>Kanga</last>
diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
index 6b0600e16..11c9c7ff7 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ try to set up a new connection.</p>
     <td valign="top">the login password to use on the ftp server.</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">account</td>
+    <td valign="top">the account to use on the ftp server.
+        <em>since Ant 1.7</em>.
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">remotedir</td>
     <td valign="top">remote directory on the
@@ -689,7 +696,7 @@ selected for remove, so if you need to remove it, specify its parent in
 <code>&lt;fileset&gt;</code> pattern, like <code>"somedir/**"</code>.
 </p>
 <hr>
-<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2005 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights
+<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2006 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights
 Reserved.</p>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
index 7b92e74fc..f11d75730 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public class FTP
     private String server;
     private String userid;
     private String password;
+    private String account;
     private File listing;
     private boolean binary = true;
     private boolean passive = false;
@@ -1056,6 +1057,16 @@ public class FTP
     public void setPassword(String password) {
         this.password = password;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the login account to use on the specified server.
+     * 
+     * @param pAccount the account name on remote system
+     * @since Ant 1.7
+     */
+    public void setAccount(String pAccount) {
+    	this.account = pAccount;
+    }
 
 
     /**
@@ -2254,7 +2265,8 @@ public class FTP
             log("connected", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
             log("logging in to FTP server", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
 
-            if (!ftp.login(userid, password)) {
+            if ((this.account != null && !ftp.login(userid, password, account))
+                    || (this.account == null && !ftp.login(userid, password))) {
                 throw new BuildException("Could not login to FTP server");
             }