diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/invoker.properties b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6996f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.goals.1=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:jar-no-fork ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:test-jar-no-fork
+invoker.goals.2=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:jar-no-fork ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:test-jar-no-fork
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/pom.xml b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e16d8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.source</groupId>
+  <artifactId>empty-source-directory</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>Test that empty source directory does not mark the JAR as outdated</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/java/.gitignore b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d318bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# This file is added just because git does not support
+# empty directories and we need empty directory for the test.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/resources/main.properties b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/resources/main.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ae6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/main/resources/main.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/java/.gitignore b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d318bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# This file is added just because git does not support
+# empty directories and we need empty directory for the test.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/resources/main.properties b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/resources/main.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ae6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/src/test/resources/main.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
diff --git a/src/it/MSOURCES-95/verify.groovy b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf8d6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MSOURCES-95/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+
+String sourcesJarFileName = 'empty-source-directory-1.0-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar'
+String testSourcesJarFileName = "empty-source-directory-1.0-SNAPSHOT-test-sources.jar"
+
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+// Make sure the jars are created on the first build
+assert buildLog.text =~ /(?i) Building jar: .*${sourcesJarFileName}/
+assert buildLog.text =~ /(?i) Building jar: .*${testSourcesJarFileName}/
+
+// Make sure the jars are not re-created on subsequent builds
+assert buildLog.text =~ /(?i) Archive .*${sourcesJarFileName} is uptodate/
+assert buildLog.text =~ /(?i) Archive .*${testSourcesJarFileName} is uptodate/
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/source/AbstractSourceJarMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/source/AbstractSourceJarMojo.java
index 7ae43c5..844c1fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/source/AbstractSourceJarMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/source/AbstractSourceJarMojo.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 public abstract class AbstractSourceJarMojo
     extends AbstractMojo
 {
-    private static final String[] DEFAULT_INCLUDES = new String[] { "**/*" };
+    private static final String[] DEFAULT_INCLUDES = new String[] { "**/**" };
 
     private static final String[] DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = new String[] {};