diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index c19a7e30d..d0524dffd 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <li>Dave Walend (<a href="mailto:dwalend@cs.tufts.edu">dwalend@cs.tufts.edu</a>)</li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>Version 1.2 - 2000/10/12</p>
+<p>Version 1.2 - 2000/10/13</p>
 
 <hr>
 <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ This also holds for properties loaded from a property file.</p>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">value</td>
     <td valign="top">the value of the property.</td>
-    <td valign="middle" align="center" rowspan="4">Yes</td>
+    <td valign="middle" align="center" rowspan="5">Yes</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">refid</td>
@@ -3427,6 +3427,14 @@ This also holds for properties loaded from a property file.</p>
     <td valign="top">file</td>
     <td valign="top">the filename of the property file .</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">location</td>
+    <td valign="top">Sets the property to the absolute filename of the
+      given file. If the value of this attribute is an absolute path, it
+      is left unchanged (with / and \ characters converted to the
+      current platforms conventions). Otherwise it is taken as a path
+      relative to the project's basedir and expanded.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <pre>  &lt;property name=&quot;foo.dist&quot; value=&quot;dist&quot; /&gt;</pre>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
index f0b4e6b35..962b7ae22 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Property.java
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public class Property extends Task {
         return name;
     }
 
+    public void setLocation(File location) {
+        setValue(location.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
     public void setValue(String value) {
         this.value = value;
     }