diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
index cd257d2cb..b58c45a0e 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/GlobPatternMapper.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.util;
  *
  */
 public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
+
     /**
      * Part of "from" pattern before the *.
      */
@@ -61,8 +62,33 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
      */
     protected String toPostfix = null;
 
+    private boolean handleDirChar = false;
+    private boolean caseSensitive = true;
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the difference
+     * between / and \ (the two common directory characters).
+     * @param handleDirChar a boolean, default is false.
+     * @since Ant 1.6.3
+     */
+    public void setHandleDirChar(boolean handleDirChar) {
+        this.handleDirChar = handleDirChar;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the case difference
+     * in the names.
+     *
+     * @param caseSensitive a boolean, default is false.
+     * @since Ant 1.6.3
+     */
+    public void setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive) {
+        this.caseSensitive = caseSensitive;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the "from" pattern. Required.
+     * @param from a string
      */
     public void setFrom(String from) {
         int index = from.lastIndexOf("*");
@@ -79,6 +105,7 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
 
     /**
      * Sets the "to" pattern. Required.
+     * @param to a string
      */
     public void setTo(String to) {
         int index = to.lastIndexOf("*");
@@ -95,11 +122,13 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
      * Returns null if the source file name doesn't match the
      * "from" pattern, an one-element array containing the
      * translated file otherwise.
+     * @param sourceFileName the filename to map
+     * @return a list of converted filenames
      */
     public String[] mapFileName(String sourceFileName) {
         if (fromPrefix == null
-            || !sourceFileName.startsWith(fromPrefix)
-            || !sourceFileName.endsWith(fromPostfix)) {
+            || !modifyName(sourceFileName).startsWith(modifyName(fromPrefix))
+            || !modifyName(sourceFileName).endsWith(modifyName(fromPostfix))) {
             return null;
         }
         return new String[] {toPrefix
@@ -110,9 +139,29 @@ public class GlobPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
     /**
      * Returns the part of the given string that matches the * in the
      * "from" pattern.
+     * @param name the source file name
+     * @return the variable part of the name
      */
     protected String extractVariablePart(String name) {
         return name.substring(prefixLength,
                               name.length() - postfixLength);
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * modify string based on dir char mapping and case sensitivity
+     * @param name the name to convert
+     * @return the converted name
+     */
+    private String modifyName(String name) {
+        if (!caseSensitive) {
+            name = name.toLowerCase();
+        }
+        if (handleDirChar) {
+            if (name.indexOf('\\') != -1) {
+                name = name.replace('\\', '/');
+            }
+        }
+        return name;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/RegexpPatternMapper.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/RegexpPatternMapper.java
index 8ee9bb17b..e315d4f26 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/RegexpPatternMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/RegexpPatternMapper.java
@@ -36,6 +36,34 @@ public class RegexpPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
         reg = (new RegexpMatcherFactory()).newRegexpMatcher();
     }
 
+    private boolean handleDirChar = false;
+    private int     regexpOptions = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the difference
+     * between / and \ (the two common directory characters).
+     * @param handleDirChar a boolean, default is false.
+     * @since Ant 1.6.3
+     */
+    public void setHandleDirChar(boolean handleDirChar) {
+        this.handleDirChar = handleDirChar;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute specifing whether to ignore the case difference
+     * in the names.
+     *
+     * @param caseSensitive a boolean, default is false.
+     * @since Ant 1.6.3
+     */
+    public void setCaseSensitive(boolean caseSensitive) {
+        if (!caseSensitive) {
+            regexpOptions = RegexpMatcher.MATCH_CASE_INSENSITIVE;
+        } else {
+            regexpOptions = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the "from" pattern. Required.
      */
@@ -63,8 +91,13 @@ public class RegexpPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
      * translated file otherwise.
      */
     public String[] mapFileName(String sourceFileName) {
+        if (handleDirChar) {
+            if (sourceFileName.indexOf("\\") != -1) {
+                sourceFileName = sourceFileName.replace('\\', '/');
+            }
+        }
         if (reg == null  || to == null
-            || !reg.matches(sourceFileName)) {
+            || !reg.matches(sourceFileName, regexpOptions)) {
             return null;
         }
         return new String[] {replaceReferences(sourceFileName)};
@@ -75,7 +108,7 @@ public class RegexpPatternMapper implements FileNameMapper {
      * groups of the source.
      */
     protected String replaceReferences(String source) {
-        Vector v = reg.getGroups(source);
+        Vector v = reg.getGroups(source, regexpOptions);
 
         result.setLength(0);
         for (int i = 0; i < to.length; i++) {