diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index e4fc60a90..91fac75c3 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * Zip task was not zipping when only empty directories were found. Bugzilla 30365.
 
+* Jar task was not including manifest files when duplicate="preserve" was chosen. Bugzilla 32802.
+
 * Classpath was treated in the same way as -lib options. Bugzilla 28046.
 
 * Manual page for cvsversion contained incorrect attributes and did not say since 1.6.1.
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/jar.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/jar.xml
index 73b86141f..f03d12596 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/jar.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/jar.xml
@@ -209,5 +209,17 @@
     <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}/sub"/>
     <touch file="${tmp.dir}/sub/foo"/>
     <jar destfile="${tmp.jar}" index="yes" basedir="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+    <!-- bug 32802 -->
+  <target name="testManifestOnlyJar">
+    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>  
+    <jar destfile="${tmp.jar}" duplicate="preserve">
+      <manifest>
+        <attribute name="Foo" value="bar"/>
+      </manifest>
+    </jar>
+    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
+    <unzip src="${tmp.jar}" dest="${tmp.dir}"/>
+
   </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/zip.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/zip.xml
index 3363e6407..f2acdc366 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/zip.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/zip.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
 		<zip destfile="test3.zip" basedir="empty" update="true"/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="zipEmptyCreate">
+      <mkdir dir="empty"/>
+      <zip destfile="test3.zip" basedir="empty" whenempty="create" includes="*.xyz"/>
+  </target>
+
   <target name="cleanup">
     <delete file="test3.zip"/>
     <delete file="test4.zip"/>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index a6ff2f486..649ff35b7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -800,7 +800,9 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
                                          getLocation());
             } else {
                 // Create.
-                createEmptyZip(zipFile);
+                if (!zipFile.exists())  {
+                    needsUpdate = true;
+                }
             }
             return new ArchiveState(needsUpdate, initialResources);
         }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JarTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JarTest.java
index bfd24bfa6..ef0da75fc 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JarTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/JarTest.java
@@ -256,4 +256,9 @@ public class JarTest extends BuildFileTest {
             }
         }
     }
+    public void testManifestOnlyJar() {
+        executeTarget("testManifestOnlyJar");
+        File manifestFile = getProject().resolveFile(tempDir + "META-INF" + File.separator + "MANIFEST.MF");
+        assertTrue(manifestFile.exists());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ZipTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ZipTest.java
index 8321a5fa0..0c9f1ac7d 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ZipTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ZipTest.java
@@ -139,4 +139,10 @@ public class ZipTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue("archive should be created",
                    getProject().resolveFile("test3.zip").exists());
     }
+    public void testZipEmptyCreate() {
+        executeTarget("zipEmptyCreate");
+        assertTrue("archive should be created",
+                   getProject().resolveFile("test3.zip").exists());
+
+    }
 }