diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/ExtraAttribute.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/ExtraAttribute.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be74b5449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/ExtraAttribute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.antlib.extensions;
+
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+
+/**
+ * Simple holder for extra attributes in main section of manifest.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ * @todo Refactor this and all the other parameter, sysproperty,
+ *   property etc into a single class in framework
+ */
+public class ExtraAttribute
+{
+    private static final Resources REZ =
+        ResourceManager.getPackageResources( ExtraAttribute.class );
+
+    private String m_name;
+    private String m_value;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the name of the parameter.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of parameter
+     */
+    public void setName( final String name )
+    {
+        m_name = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the value of the parameter.
+     *
+     * @param value the parameter value
+     */
+    public void setValue( final String value )
+    {
+        m_value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve name of parameter.
+     *
+     * @return the name of parameter.
+     */
+    String getName()
+    {
+        return m_name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the value of parameter.
+     *
+     * @return the value of parameter.
+     */
+    String getValue()
+    {
+        return m_value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Make sure that neither the name or the value
+     * is null.
+     */
+    public void validate()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+        if( null == m_name )
+        {
+            final String message = REZ.getString( "param.noname.error" );
+            throw new TaskException( message );
+        }
+        else if( null == m_value )
+        {
+            final String message =
+                REZ.getString( "param.novalue.error", m_name );
+            throw new TaskException( message );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/JarLibManifestTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/JarLibManifestTask.java
index ce4642e38..2fbbaffe2 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/JarLibManifestTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/JarLibManifestTask.java
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ public class JarLibManifestTask
      */
     private String m_implementationURL;
 
+    /**
+     * Extra attributes the user specifies for main section
+     * in manifest.
+     */
+    private final ArrayList m_extraAttributes = new ArrayList();
+
     /**
      * Set the name of extension in generated manifest.
      *
@@ -213,6 +219,16 @@ public class JarLibManifestTask
         m_optionals.addElement( fileSet );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds an attribute that is to be put in main section of manifest.
+     *
+     * @param attribute an attribute that is to be put in main section of manifest.
+     */
+    public void addAttribute( final ExtraAttribute attribute )
+    {
+        m_extraAttributes.add( attribute );
+    }
+
     public void execute()
         throws TaskException
     {
@@ -224,6 +240,8 @@ public class JarLibManifestTask
         attributes.put( Attributes.Name.MANIFEST_VERSION, MANIFEST_VERSION );
         attributes.putValue( "Created-By", Constants.BUILD_DESCRIPTION );
 
+        appendExtraAttributes( attributes );
+
         appendExtensionData( attributes );
 
         final String extensionKey = Extension.EXTENSION_LIST.toString();
@@ -269,6 +287,24 @@ public class JarLibManifestTask
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Add any extra attributes to the manifest.
+     *
+     * @param attributes the manifest section to write
+     *        attributes to
+     */
+    private void appendExtraAttributes( final Attributes attributes )
+    {
+        final Iterator iterator = m_extraAttributes.iterator();
+        while( iterator.hasNext() )
+        {
+            final ExtraAttribute attribute =
+                (ExtraAttribute)iterator.next();
+            attributes.putValue( attribute.getName(),
+                                 attribute.getValue() );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Write out manifest to destfile.
      *
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/Resources.properties b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/Resources.properties
index 49ef6d768..f2500e165 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/Resources.properties
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/extensions/Resources.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ extension.bad-file.error="{0}" is not a file.
 
 manifest.missing-file.error=Destfile attribute not specified.
 manifest.bad-file.error="{0}" is not a file.
-manifest.file.notice=Generating manifest {0}.
\ No newline at end of file
+manifest.file.notice=Generating manifest {0}.
+
+param.noname.error=Missing name from parameter.
+param.novalue.error=Missing value from parameter "{0}".
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/samples/sample.ant b/proposal/myrmidon/src/samples/sample.ant
index 2e0ee54de..6c0cd517f 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/samples/sample.ant
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/samples/sample.ant
@@ -341,8 +341,9 @@ Legal:
             destfile="../../generated-manifest.txt"
             extension-name="org.realityforge.dve"
             specification-version="1.0"
-            specification-vendor="Peter Donald"
-            >
+            specification-vendor="Peter Donald" >
+            <attribute name="Main-class"
+                       value="org.realityforg.dve.WorldGen"/>
             <depends dir="../../">
                 <include name="src/ant1compat/jar/*.jar"/>
             </depends>