diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 252d3b1..3a486d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ target
 .settings
 .project
 .classpath
+.idea/
+*.iml
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diff --git a/acceptance/acceptance-test/pom.xml b/acceptance/acceptance-test/pom.xml
index 3cdf68f..e33a53e 100644
--- a/acceptance/acceptance-test/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance/acceptance-test/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,29 @@
                             <goal>read-project-properties</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>write-custom-properties</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/build.properties</outputFile>
+                            <properties>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>Application-Name</name>
+                                    <value>${project.build.finalName}</value>
+                                </property>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>Application.version</name>
+                                    <value>${project.version}</value>
+                                </property>
+                                <property>
+                                    <name>Application-Build-Timestamp</name>
+                                    <value>${maven.build.timestamp}</value>
+                                </property>
+                            </properties>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85910ff..ea4c0be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
       <name>Tim Gordon</name>
       <email>timothygordon32@gmail.com</email>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>okohub</id>
+      <name>Onur Kağan Özcan</name>
+      <email>onurkaganozcan@gmail.com</email>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/properties/WriteCustomProperties.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/properties/WriteCustomProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bd3e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/properties/WriteCustomProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo.properties;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+
+/**
+ * Writes custom properties to a file.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:onurkaganozcan@gmail.com">Onur Kağan Özcan</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "write-custom-properties", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.NONE, threadSafe = true )
+public class WriteCustomProperties
+    extends AbstractWritePropertiesMojo
+{
+
+   /**
+    * The custom properties to set.
+    */
+   @Parameter(name = "properties", required = true)
+   private Properties properties;
+
+   public void execute()
+       throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+   {
+      validateOutputFile();
+      writeProperties(properties, getOutputFile());
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml
index ca3fbb1..1e92218 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml
@@ -27,5 +27,18 @@
                 </execute>
             </action>
         </pluginExecution>
+        <pluginExecution>
+            <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                <goals>
+                    <goal>write-custom-properties</goal>
+                </goals>
+            </pluginExecutionFilter>
+            <action>
+                <execute>
+                    <runOnIncremental>true</runOnIncremental>
+                    <runOnConfiguration>true</runOnConfiguration>
+                </execute>
+            </action>
+        </pluginExecution>
     </pluginExecutions>
 </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
diff --git a/src/site/apt/index.apt b/src/site/apt/index.apt
index a781ab0..234e638 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/index.apt
+++ b/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Properties Maven Plugin
 
   * {{{./set-system-properties-mojo.html}properties:set-system-properties}} Sets system properties.
 
+  * {{{./write-custom-properties-mojo.html}properties:write-custom-properties}} Writes custom properties.
+
 
 * Usage
 
diff --git a/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm b/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm
index 79d9bb0..a529599 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm
+++ b/src/site/apt/usage.apt.vm
@@ -168,3 +168,39 @@ Usage
   </build>
 </project>
 ----------------
+
+ * write-custom-properties
+
+ The {{{./write-custom-properties-mojo.html}properties:write-custom-properties}}
+ goal writes custom properties to a file.
+
+ ----------------
+ <project>
+    <build>
+       <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+             <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+             <version>${project.version}</version>
+             <executions>
+                <execution>
+                   <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                   <goals>
+                      <goal>write-custom-properties</goal>
+                   </goals>
+                   <configuration>
+                      <outputFile>\${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/build.properties</outputFile>
+                      <properties>
+                         <property>
+                            <name>my.property.name</name>
+                            <value>my.property.value</value>
+                         </property>
+                      </properties>
+                   </configuration>
+                </execution>
+             </executions>
+          </plugin>
+       </plugins>
+    </build>
+ </project>
+ ----------------
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