diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index f6ee4de53..0b044159a 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
 
 * <touch> can now work on <fileset>s
 
+* <uptodate> now supports a value attribute
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/uptodate.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/uptodate.html
index 658cdaffe..de5329206 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/uptodate.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/uptodate.html
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ execution depending on the relative age of the specified files.</p>
     <td valign="top">the name of the property to set.</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">value</td>
+    <td valign="top">the value to set the property to. Defaults to &quot;true&quot;.</td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">targetfile</td>
     <td valign="top">the file for which we want to determine the status.</td>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
index 9574c9abb..a898eff80 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/UpToDate.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import java.util.Vector;
 public class UpToDate extends MatchingTask {
 
     private String _property;
+    private String _value;
     private File _targetFile;
     private Vector sourceFileSets = new Vector();
 
@@ -89,6 +90,23 @@ public class UpToDate extends MatchingTask {
         _property = property;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The value to set the named property to if the target file is more up to
+     * date than each of the source files. Defaults to 'true'.
+     *
+     * @param value the value to set the property to if Target is up to date
+     */
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        _value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value, or "true" if a specific value wasn't provided.
+     */
+    private String getValue() {
+        return ( _value != null ) ? _value : "true";
+    } 
+
     /**
      * The file which must be more up to date than each of the source files
      * if the property is to be set.
@@ -145,7 +163,7 @@ public class UpToDate extends MatchingTask {
         }
 
         if (upToDate) {
-            this.project.setProperty(_property, "true");
+            this.project.setProperty(_property, this.getValue());
             if (mapperElement == null) {
                 log("File \"" + _targetFile.getAbsolutePath() + "\" is up to date.",
                     Project.MSG_VERBOSE);