diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index c409d7295..04bfd98d3 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ Other changes:
 
 * new GreedyInputHandler added.
 
+* add textfile attribute to the filesmatch condition.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.4 to Ant 1.6.5
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html
index 1dc67e26f..86c682bee 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/conditions.html
@@ -236,12 +236,19 @@ or the filenames match the answer is so obvious the detailed test is omitted.
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">file1</td>
     <td valign="top">First file to test</td>
-    <td align="center">Yes.</td>
+    <td align="center">Yes</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">file2</td>
     <td valign="top">Second file to test</td>
-    <td align="center">Yes.</td>
+    <td align="center">Yes</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">textfile</td>
+    <td valign="top">Whether to ignore line endings when comparing files;
+        default <i>false</i>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center">No</td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/condition.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/condition.xml
index 2b0aed56c..ed11198e1 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/condition.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/condition.xml
@@ -196,9 +196,8 @@
         file2="match2.txt" />
     </condition>
     <echo>${filesmatch-different}</echo>
-  </target>   
+  </target>
 
-  
   <target name="filesmatch-match" >
     <echo file="match3.txt" message="012345676890" />
     <echo file="match4.txt" message="012345676890" />
@@ -210,6 +209,32 @@
     <echo>${filesmatch-match}</echo>
   </target>   
 
+  <target name="filesmatch-different-eol" >
+    <echo file="match7.txt" message="012345676890" />
+    <echo file="match8.txt" message="012345676890" />
+    <fixcrlf file="match7.txt" eol="cr" fixlast="true" />
+    <fixcrlf file="match8.txt" eol="lf" fixlast="true" />
+    <fail>
+      <condition>
+        <filesmatch file1="match7.txt" file2="match8.txt" />
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>   
+
+  <target name="filesmatch-same-eol" >
+    <echo file="match9.txt" message="012345676890" />
+    <echo file="match10.txt" message="012345676890" />
+    <fixcrlf file="match9.txt" eol="cr" fixlast="true" />
+    <fixcrlf file="match10.txt" eol="lf" fixlast="true" />
+    <fail>
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <filesmatch file1="match9.txt" file2="match10.txt" textfile="true" />
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>   
+
   <target name="filesmatch-different-sizes">
     <echo file="match5.txt" message="012345676890" />
     <echo file="match6.txt" message="0123456768" />
@@ -374,12 +399,9 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="cleanup" >
-    <delete file="match1.txt" />
-    <delete file="match2.txt" />
-    <delete file="match3.txt" />
-    <delete file="match4.txt" />
-    <delete file="match5.txt" />
-    <delete file="match6.txt" />
+    <delete>
+      <fileset dir="." includes="match?.txt,match??.txt" />
+    </delete>
   </target>
    
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/FilesMatch.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/FilesMatch.java
index 5308db050..ecb17e99f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/FilesMatch.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/FilesMatch.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 
 /**
- * Compares two files for bitwise equality based on size and
+ * Compares two files for equality based on size and
  * content. Timestamps are not at all looked at.
  *
  * @since Ant 1.5
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public class FilesMatch implements Condition {
      */
     private File file1, file2;
 
+    private boolean textfile = false;
+
 
     /**
      * Sets the File1 attribute
@@ -60,6 +62,14 @@ public class FilesMatch implements Condition {
         this.file2 = file2;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set whether to ignore line endings when comparing files.
+     * @param textfile whether to ignore line endings.
+     */
+    public void setTextfile(boolean textfile) {
+        this.textfile = textfile;
+    }
+
     /**
      * comparison method of the interface
      *
@@ -78,7 +88,7 @@ public class FilesMatch implements Condition {
         //#now match the files
         boolean matches = false;
         try {
-            matches = FILE_UTILS.contentEquals(file1, file2);
+            matches = FILE_UTILS.contentEquals(file1, file2, textfile);
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new BuildException("when comparing files: "
                 + ioe.getMessage(), ioe);
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ConditionTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ConditionTest.java
index ae7dd1d71..744f029ea 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ConditionTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ConditionTest.java
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ public class ConditionTest extends BuildFileTest {
             "filesmatch-different-onemissing");
     }
 
+    public void testFilesmatchDifferentEol() {
+        executeTarget("filesmatch-different-eol");
+    }
+
+    public void testFilesmatchSameEol() {
+        executeTarget("filesmatch-same-eol");
+    }
+
     public void testContains() {
         expectPropertySet("contains","contains");
     }