diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
index e60e68fb651..88d5170ff0d 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
@@ -922,7 +922,6 @@ The value of this attribute is used only in case languageInfoCalculator is not s
                <documentation>
                   Specifies the name of the class that implements org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.ILanguageInfoCalculator for dinamic providing the language id info.
 Overrides language id specified with the languageId attribute.
-
                </documentation>
                <appInfo>
                   <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn=":org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.ILanguageInfoCalculator"/>
@@ -1933,6 +1932,7 @@ If the &quot;buildPathResolver&quot; attribute is specified, the &quot;pathDelim
             <element ref="false" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
             <element ref="checkHolder" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
             <element ref="checkBuildProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+            <element ref="hasNature" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
          </choice>
          <attribute name="type" type="string" use="default" value="ALL">
             <annotation>
@@ -2325,6 +2325,23 @@ The only difference between this element and the resourceConfiguration is that r
       </complexType>
    </element>
 
+   <element name="hasNature">
+      <annotation>
+         <documentation>
+            Checks whether the project containing the resource has a given nature
+         </documentation>
+      </annotation>
+      <complexType>
+         <attribute name="natureId" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  The id of the nature
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
+      </complexType>
+   </element>
+
    <annotation>
       <appInfo>
          <meta.section type="since"/>
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/CompositeExpression.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/CompositeExpression.java
index c8c1e962496..cb57fe33287 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/CompositeExpression.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/CompositeExpression.java
@@ -39,23 +39,24 @@ public abstract class CompositeExpression implements IBooleanExpression {
 	
 	protected IBooleanExpression createExpression(IManagedConfigElement element){
 		String name = element.getName();
-		if(AndExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		if (AndExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new AndExpression(element);
-		else if(OrExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (OrExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new OrExpression(element);
-		else if(NotExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (NotExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new NotExpression(element);
-		else if(CheckOptionExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (CheckOptionExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new CheckOptionExpression(element);
-		else if(CheckStringExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (CheckStringExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 				return new CheckStringExpression(element);
-		else if(FalseExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (FalseExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new FalseExpression(element);
-		else if(CheckHolderExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+		else if (CheckHolderExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new CheckHolderExpression(element);
-		else if(CheckBuildPropertyExpression.NAME.equals(name)){
+		else if (CheckBuildPropertyExpression.NAME.equals(name))
 			return new CheckBuildPropertyExpression(element);
-		}
+		else if (HasNatureExpression.NAME.equals(name))
+			return new HasNatureExpression(element);
 		return null;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/HasNatureExpression.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/HasNatureExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6598f217dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/internal/enablement/HasNatureExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors: 
+ *     QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
+ **********************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.internal.enablement;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IHoldsOptions;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IManagedConfigElement;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IOption;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IResourceInfo;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.ManagedBuilderCorePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProjectDescription;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Doug Schaefer
+ *
+ */
+public class HasNatureExpression implements IBooleanExpression {
+
+	public static final String NAME = "hasNature";
+	
+	private static final String NATURE_ID = "natureId";
+	
+	private String natureId;
+	
+	public HasNatureExpression(IManagedConfigElement element) {
+		natureId = element.getAttribute(NATURE_ID);
+	}
+	
+	public boolean evaluate(IResourceInfo rcInfo, IHoldsOptions holder,
+			IOption option) {
+		// All null checks returns false to keep this expression
+		// from accidentally turning things on. Although
+		// a 'z' value would be better to avoid having any affect.
+		if (natureId == null || natureId.length() == 0)
+			return false;
+		
+		IConfiguration config = rcInfo.getParent();
+		if (config == null)
+			return false;
+		
+		IResource resource = config.getOwner();
+		if (resource == null)
+			return false;
+		
+		IProject project = resource.getProject();
+		try {
+			IProjectDescription projDesc = project.getDescription();
+			String[] natures = projDesc.getNatureIds();
+			for (int i = 0; i < natures.length; ++i) {
+				if (natureId.equals(natures[i]))
+					return true;
+			}
+			// Not found
+			return false;
+		} catch (CoreException e) {
+			ManagedBuilderCorePlugin.log(e);
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+}