diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 3a5ad6fb5..1ced73b80 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ Other changes:
 
  * <cvsversion> now works for local repositories as well.
 
+ * <cvstagdiff> has an option to ignore removed files now.
+   Bugzilla Report 26257.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/cvstagdiff.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/cvstagdiff.html
index cfd4d8090..3acbf641d 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/cvstagdiff.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/cvstagdiff.html
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ operation may fail when using such an incompatible client.
     <td valign="top">The file in which to write the diff report.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">ignoreRemoved</td>
+    <td valign="top">When set to true, the report will not include any
+      removed files.  <em>Since Ant 1.8.0</em></td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No, defaults to false.</td>
 </table>
 
 <h3>Parameters inherited from the <code>cvs</code> task</h3>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/CvsTagDiff.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/CvsTagDiff.java
index afb3cb3dd..9089cbef7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/CvsTagDiff.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/CvsTagDiff.java
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ public class CvsTagDiff extends AbstractCvsTask {
      */
     private File mydestfile;
 
+    /**
+     * Used to skip over removed files 
+     */
+    private boolean ignoreRemoved = false;
+
     /**
      * The package/module to analyze.
      * @param p the name of the package to analyse
@@ -189,6 +194,18 @@ public class CvsTagDiff extends AbstractCvsTask {
         mydestfile = f;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the ignore removed indicator.
+     *
+     * @param b the ignore removed indicator.
+     *
+     * @since Ant 1.8.0
+     */ 
+    public void setIgnoreRemoved(boolean b) {
+        ignoreRemoved = b;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Execute task.
      *
@@ -353,6 +370,9 @@ public class CvsTagDiff extends AbstractCvsTask {
     }
 
     private boolean doFileWasRemoved(Vector entries, String line) {
+        if (ignoreRemoved) {
+            return false;
+        }
         int index = line.indexOf(FILE_WAS_REMOVED);
         if (index == -1) {
             return false;