diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
index 715eb01b4..e4287250a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Manifest.Section;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ResourceCollection;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipFileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.spi.Service;
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ public class Jar extends Zip {
                 Project.MSG_WARN);
         }
 
-        zipDir(null, zOut, "META-INF/", ZipFileSet.DEFAULT_DIR_MODE,
+        zipDir((Resource) null, zOut, "META-INF/", ZipFileSet.DEFAULT_DIR_MODE,
                JAR_MARKER);
         // time to write the manifest
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index 641d0daa8..92e3281ab 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipFileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ZipScanner;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.ArchiveResource;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileProvider;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileResource;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.ZipResource;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileNameMapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.GlobPatternMapper;
@@ -950,7 +952,9 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
             addParentDirs(base, name.substring(0, nextToLastSlash + 1),
                           zOut, prefix, defaultDirMode);
         }
-        addParentDirs(base, name, zOut, prefix, thisDirMode);
+        zipDir(r, zOut, prefix + name, thisDirMode,
+               r instanceof ZipResource
+               ? ((ZipResource) r).getExtraFields() : null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1551,7 +1555,7 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
 
     /**
      * Add a directory to the zip stream.
-     * @param dir  the directort to add to the archive
+     * @param dir  the directory to add to the archive
      * @param zOut the stream to write to
      * @param vPath the name this entry shall have in the archive
      * @param mode the Unix permissions to set.
@@ -1562,6 +1566,23 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
     protected void zipDir(File dir, ZipOutputStream zOut, String vPath,
                           int mode, ZipExtraField[] extra)
         throws IOException {
+        zipDir(dir == null ? (Resource) null : new FileResource(dir),
+               zOut, vPath, mode, extra);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a directory to the zip stream.
+     * @param dir  the directory to add to the archive
+     * @param zOut the stream to write to
+     * @param vPath the name this entry shall have in the archive
+     * @param mode the Unix permissions to set.
+     * @param extra ZipExtraFields to add
+     * @throws IOException on error
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    protected void zipDir(Resource dir, ZipOutputStream zOut, String vPath,
+                          int mode, ZipExtraField[] extra)
+        throws IOException {
         if (doFilesonly) {
             logOnFirstPass("skipping directory " + vPath
                            + " for file-only archive",
@@ -1579,13 +1600,14 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
 
         if (!skipWriting) {
             ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry (vPath);
-            if (dir != null && dir.exists()) {
-                // ZIPs store time with a granularity of 2 seconds, round up
-                ze.setTime(dir.lastModified() + (roundUp ? ROUNDUP_MILLIS : 0));
+
+            // ZIPs store time with a granularity of 2 seconds, round up
+            int millisToAdd = roundUp ? ROUNDUP_MILLIS : 0;
+
+            if (dir != null && dir.isExists()) {
+                ze.setTime(dir.getLastModified() + millisToAdd);
             } else {
-                // ZIPs store time with a granularity of 2 seconds, round up
-                ze.setTime(System.currentTimeMillis()
-                           + (roundUp ? ROUNDUP_MILLIS : 0));
+                ze.setTime(System.currentTimeMillis() + millisToAdd);
             }
             ze.setSize (0);
             ze.setMethod (ZipEntry.STORED);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/ZipResource.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/ZipResource.java
index 2aab102e4..b7d9afd3b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/ZipResource.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/ZipResource.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipFile;
 import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry;
+import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipExtraField;
 
 /**
  * A Resource representation of an entry in a zipfile.
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipEntry;
 public class ZipResource extends ArchiveResource {
 
     private String encoding;
+    private ZipExtraField[] extras;
 
     /**
      * Default constructor.
@@ -165,6 +167,18 @@ public class ZipResource extends ArchiveResource {
             "Use the zip task for zip output.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves extra fields.
+     * @return an array of the extra fields
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */
+    public ZipExtraField[] getExtraFields() {
+        if (extras == null) {
+            return new ZipExtraField[0];
+        }
+        return extras;
+    }
+
     /**
      * fetches information from the named entry inside the archive.
      */
@@ -198,6 +212,7 @@ public class ZipResource extends ArchiveResource {
         setDirectory(e.isDirectory());
         setSize(e.getSize());
         setMode(e.getUnixMode());
+        extras = e.getExtraFields();
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/zip-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/zip-test.xml
index 987c20170..7edcaf640 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/zip-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/zip-test.xml
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@
         <fileset dir="${input}/build"/>
         <fileset dir="${input}/src" excludes="**/*.java"/>
       </jar>
-      <au:assertDestIsUptodate src="${output}/jar.jar"
+      <au:assertDestIsOutofdate src="${output}/jar.jar"
                                dest="${output}/reference.jar"/>
+      <copy file="${output}/jar.jar" tofile="${output}/reference.jar"/>
 
       <sleep seconds="1"/>
       <jar jarfile="${output}/jar.jar">
@@ -104,4 +105,21 @@
       <au:assertDestIsUptodate src="${output}/jar.jar"
                                dest="${output}/reference.jar"/>
     </target>
+
+    <target name="testNewEmptyDirUpdatesArchive">
+      <mkdir dir="${input}"/>
+      <touch file="${input}/x"/>
+      <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+      <jar jarfile="${output}/jar.jar">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      </jar>
+      <copy file="${output}/jar.jar" tofile="${output}/reference.jar"/>
+
+      <mkdir dir="${input}/y"/>
+      <jar jarfile="${output}/jar.jar">
+        <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+      </jar>
+      <au:assertDestIsOutofdate src="${output}/jar.jar"
+                               dest="${output}/reference.jar"/>
+    </target>
 </project>