diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 8b3c011c8..52e5e1288 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Other changes:
 * A new base class DispatchTask has been added to facilitate elegant 
   creation of tasks with multiple actions.
 
+* <apply> has a new ignoremissing attribute (default true for BC)
+  which will allow nonexistent files specified via <filelist>s to
+  be passed to the executable.  Bugzilla Report 29585.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.1 to current Ant 1.6 CVS version
 =====================================================
 
@@ -229,6 +233,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * Add deleteonexit attribute to <delete>.
 
+* Added Target.getIf/Unless().  Bugzilla Report 29320.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.0 to Ant 1.6.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html
index 7dd142c4d..3ad6a03be 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ to send input to it is via the input and inputstring attributes.</p>
       Defaults to <code>false</code>.  <em>Since Ant 1.6.</em></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">ignoremissing</td>
+    <td valign="top">Whether to ignore nonexistent files specified
+      via filelists.  <em>Since Ant 1.7.</em></td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>true</i></td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
 <h4>fileset</h4>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/apply.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/apply.xml
index 6af64438a..dad2950e1 100755
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/apply.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/apply.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,47 @@
         </apply>
     </target>
 
+    <target name="ignoremissing">
+        <filelist id="xylist" dir="${basedir}" files="x,y" />
+        <filelist id="xyzlist" dir="${basedir}" files="x,y,z" />
+
+        <touch file="x" />
+        <touch file="y" />
+
+        <pathconvert property="xy" pathsep="${line.separator}">
+            <path>
+                <filelist refid="xylist" />
+            </path>
+        </pathconvert>
+
+        <pathconvert property="xyz" pathsep="${line.separator}">
+            <path>
+                <filelist refid="xyzlist" />
+            </path>
+        </pathconvert>
+
+        <apply executable="echo" ignoremissing="true"
+               outputproperty="ignoretrue" append="true">
+            <filelist refid="xyzlist" />
+        </apply>
+
+        <apply executable="echo" ignoremissing="false"
+               outputproperty="ignorefalse" append="true">
+            <filelist refid="xyzlist" />
+        </apply>
+
+        <fail>
+            <condition>
+                <not>
+                    <and>
+                        <equals arg1="${xy}" arg2="${ignoretrue}" />
+                        <equals arg1="${xyz}" arg2="${ignorefalse}" />
+                    </and>
+                </not>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+    </target>
+
     <target name="cleanup">
         <delete>
             <fileset refid="xyz" />
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
index 77d0bf09e..d75341c24 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public class ExecuteOn extends ExecTask {
     private int maxParallel = -1;
     private boolean addSourceFile = true;
     private boolean verbose = false;
+    private boolean ignoreMissing = true;
 
     /**
      * Has &lt;srcfile&gt; been specified before &lt;targetfile&gt;
@@ -182,6 +183,15 @@ public class ExecuteOn extends ExecTask {
         verbose = b;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to ignore nonexistent files from filelists.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.7
+     */
+    public void setIgnoremissing(boolean b) {
+        ignoreMissing = b;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Marker that indicates where the name of the source file should
      * be put on the command line.
@@ -354,10 +364,10 @@ public class ExecuteOn extends ExecTask {
 
                 for (int j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {
                     File f = new File(base, names[j]);
-                    if ((f.isFile() && !"dir".equals(type))
+                    if ((!ignoreMissing) || (f.isFile() && !"dir".equals(type))
                         || (f.isDirectory() && !"file".equals(type))) {
 
-                        if (f.isFile()) {
+                        if (ignoreMissing || f.isFile()) {
                             totalFiles++;
                         } else {
                             totalDirs++;
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOnTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOnTest.java
index d42cfa098..8fda02663 100755
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOnTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOnTest.java
@@ -550,6 +550,10 @@ public class ExecuteOnTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertNull("unexpected redirector.err content", getFileString("redirector.err"));
     }
 
+    public void testIgnoreMissing() {
+        executeTarget("ignoremissing");
+    }
+
     //borrowed from TokenFilterTest
     private String getFileString(String filename) throws IOException {
         String result = null;