diff --git a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/changelog.txt b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/changelog.txt
index 9df175f..fef6d5c 100644
--- a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/changelog.txt
+++ b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Changes from 1.7.2 to 1.7.4
+---------------------------
+
+** Improvement
+    * [FELIX-3066] - Add support for source directory include filter via plugin configuration
+
+
 Changes from 1.7.0 to 1.7.2
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager.java b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager.java
index 8e170b7..65ad96f 100644
--- a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager.java
+++ b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     private final MavenProject project;
 
+    private final String includeString;
+    
     private final String excludeString;
 
     /** The component definitions from other bundles hashed by classname. */
@@ -43,12 +45,13 @@
 
 
     public MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager( MavenProject project, Log log, ClassLoader classLoader,
-        String[] annotationTagProviders, String excludeString, boolean parseJavadocs, boolean processAnnotations )
+        String[] annotationTagProviders, String includeString, String excludeString, boolean parseJavadocs, boolean processAnnotations )
         throws SCRDescriptorFailureException
     {
         super( log, classLoader, annotationTagProviders, parseJavadocs, processAnnotations );
 
         this.project = project;
+        this.includeString = includeString;
         this.excludeString = excludeString;
     }
 
@@ -68,7 +71,11 @@
         final Iterator<String> i = project.getCompileSourceRoots().iterator();
 
         // FELIX-509: check for excludes
-        final String[] includes = new String[] { "**/*.java" };
+        String[] includes = new String[] { "**/*.java" };
+        if ( includeString != null ) {
+        	includes = StringUtils.split( includeString, "," );
+        }
+        
         final String[] excludes;
         if ( excludeString != null )
         {
diff --git a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/SCRDescriptorMojo.java b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/SCRDescriptorMojo.java
index c698835..bc0a65c 100644
--- a/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/SCRDescriptorMojo.java
+++ b/scrplugin/maven-scr-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/mojo/SCRDescriptorMojo.java
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@
      */
     protected boolean strictMode;
 
+    
+    /**
+     * The comma separated list of tokens to include when processing sources.
+     * 
+     * @parameter alias="includes"
+     */
+    private String sourceIncludes;
+    
     /**
      * The comma separated list of tokens to exclude when processing sources.
      *
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@
 
             final ClassLoader classLoader = new URLClassLoader( getClassPath(), this.getClass().getClassLoader() );
             final JavaClassDescriptorManager jManager = new MavenJavaClassDescriptorManager( project, scrLog,
-                classLoader, this.annotationTagProviders, this.sourceExcludes, this.parseJavadoc,
+                classLoader, this.annotationTagProviders, this.sourceIncludes, this.sourceExcludes, this.parseJavadoc,
                 this.processAnnotations );
 
             final SCRDescriptorGenerator generator = new SCRDescriptorGenerator( scrLog );