diff --git a/manual/Tasks/pathconvert.html b/manual/Tasks/pathconvert.html
index 4d1e5c3ef..3be11a6f3 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/pathconvert.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/pathconvert.html
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 <h3>Description</h3>
 <p>Converts nested <a href="../Types/resources.html#collection">resource collections</a>, or a
 reference to just one, into a path form for a particular platform, optionally storing the result
-into a given property. It can also be used when you need to convert a resource collection into a
+into a property or writing to an Ant <a href="../Types/resources.html">resource</a>.
+It can also be used when you need to convert a resource collection into a
 list, separated by a given character, such as a comma or space, or, conversely, e.g. to convert a
 list of files in a FileList into a path.</p>
 <p>Nested <code>&lt;map&gt;</code> elements can be specified to map Windows drive letters to Unix
@@ -65,7 +66,14 @@ nested <a href="../Types/mapper.html"><code>&lt;mapper&gt;</code></a> (<em>since
   <tr>
     <td>property</td>
     <td>The name of the property in which to place the converted path.</td>
-    <td>No, result will be logged if unset</td>
+    <td>No, result will be logged if neither <code>@property</code> nor <code>@dest</code> is set</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>dest</td>
+    <td>A destination resource into which to write the converted path (Ant interprets this as a
+        <code>File</code> by default).
+    </td>
+    <td>No, result will be logged if neither <code>@property</code> nor <code>@dest</code> is set</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>refid</td>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PathConvert.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PathConvert.java
index be46bbdd2..cc7581de0 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PathConvert.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/PathConvert.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Mapper;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Reference;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.ResourceCollection;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Resources;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Union;
@@ -62,19 +63,19 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
     /**
      * Path to be converted
      */
-    private Resources path = null;
+    private Resources path;
     /**
      * Reference to path/fileset to convert
      */
-    private Reference refid = null;
+    private Reference refid;
     /**
      * The target OS type
      */
-    private String targetOS = null;
+    private String targetOS;
     /**
      * Set when targetOS is set to windows
      */
-    private boolean targetWindows = false;
+    private boolean targetWindows;
     /**
      * Set if we should create a new property even if the result is empty
      */
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
     /**
      * The property to receive the conversion
      */
-    private String property = null;
+    private String property;
     /**
      * Path prefix map
      */
@@ -90,17 +91,20 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
     /**
      * User override on path sep char
      */
-    private String pathSep = null;
+    private String pathSep;
     /**
      * User override on directory sep char
      */
-    private String dirSep = null;
+    private String dirSep;
 
     /** Filename mapper */
-    private Mapper mapper = null;
+    private Mapper mapper;
 
     private boolean preserveDuplicates;
 
+    /** Destination {@link Resource} */
+    private Resource dest;
+
     /**
      * Helper class, holds the nested &lt;map&gt; values. Elements will look like
      * this: &lt;map from=&quot;d:&quot; to=&quot;/foo&quot;/&gt;
@@ -327,6 +331,19 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
         return refid != null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set destination resource.
+     * @param dest
+     */
+    public void setDest(Resource dest) {
+        if (dest != null) {
+            if (this.dest != null) {
+                throw new BuildException("@dest already set");
+            }
+        }
+        this.dest = dest;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Do the execution.
      * @throws BuildException if something is invalid.
@@ -370,7 +387,10 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
         }
     }
 
-    private OutputStream createOutputStream() {
+    private OutputStream createOutputStream() throws IOException {
+        if (dest != null) {
+            return dest.getOutputStream();
+        }
         if (property == null) {
             return new LogOutputStream(this);
         }
@@ -451,10 +471,12 @@ public class PathConvert extends Task {
      * @throws BuildException if something is not set up properly.
      */
     private void validateSetup() throws BuildException {
-
         if (path == null) {
             throw new BuildException("You must specify a path to convert");
         }
+        if (property != null && dest != null) {
+            throw new BuildException("@property and @dest are mutually exclusive");
+        }
         // Determine the separator strings.  The dirsep and pathsep attributes
         // override the targetOS settings.
         String dsep = File.separator;
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
index d43eeac9f..02ca11013 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/pathconvert-test.xml
@@ -109,4 +109,24 @@
           <isset property="result" />
       </au:assertFalse>
   </target>
+
+  <target name="testDest">
+      <au:assertFileDoesntExist file="${output}/destfile" />
+      <pathconvert dest="${output}/destfile">
+          <file file="${ant.file}" />
+      </pathconvert>
+      <au:assertFileExists file="${output}/destfile" />
+      <au:assertTrue>
+        <resourcesmatch astext="true">
+          <file file="${output}/destfile" />
+          <string value="${ant.file}" />
+        </resourcesmatch>
+      </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="testDestPropertyMutex">
+      <au:expectfailure message="@property and @dest are mutually exclusive">
+          <pathconvert property="someprop" dest="somefile" refid="testpath" />
+      </au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
 </project>