diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GZip.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GZip.java
index d70dfcc4c..467c0eb3f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GZip.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/GZip.java
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ public class GZip extends Task {
     private File zipFile;
     private File source;
     
-    public void setZipfile(File zipFilename) {
-        zipFile = zipFilename;
+    public void setFile(File file) {
+        zipFile = file;
+    }
+
+    public void setZipfile(File zipFile) {
+        log("DEPRECATED - The zipfile attribute is deprecated. Use file attribute instead.");
+        setFile( zipFile );
     }
 
     public void setSrc(File src) {