diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 854d2fd6..5a17d462 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ limitations under the License.
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-  <version>3.5.1</version>
+  <version>3.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Plexus Common Utilities</name>
   <description>A collection of various utility classes to ease working with strings, files, command lines, XML and
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPattern.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPattern.java
index de57de21..8805d2ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPattern.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPattern.java
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ private MatchPattern( String source, String separator )
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the source pattern for this matchpattern.
+     * @return the source string without Ant or Regex pattern markers.
+     */
+    public String getSource() {
+        return regexPattern == null ? source : regexPattern;
+    }
+
     public boolean matchPath( String str, boolean isCaseSensitive )
     {
         if ( regexPattern != null )
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ public boolean startsWith( String string )
         return source.startsWith( string );
     }
 
-    static String[] tokenizePathToString( String path, String separator )
+    public static String[] tokenizePathToString( String path, String separator )
     {
         List<String> ret = new ArrayList<String>();
         StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( path, separator );
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatterns.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatterns.java
index 35f9ea22..9de7870d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatterns.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatterns.java
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ private MatchPatterns( MatchPattern[] patterns )
         this.patterns = patterns;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a list of enclosed MatchPattern sources.
+     * @return A list of enclosed MatchPattern sources.
+     */
+    public List<String> getSources() {
+        List<String> sources = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (MatchPattern pattern : patterns) {
+            sources.add(pattern.getSource());
+        }
+        return sources;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * <p>Checks these MatchPatterns against a specified string.</p>
      * 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtils.java
index 234a92c5..e84e677a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtils.java
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ public static boolean matchPatternStart( String pattern, String str, boolean isC
         }
     }
 
-    static boolean isAntPrefixedPattern( String pattern )
+    public static boolean isAntPrefixedPattern( String pattern )
     {
-        return pattern.length() > ( ANT_HANDLER_PREFIX.length() + PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length() + 1 )
+        return pattern.length() > ( ANT_HANDLER_PREFIX.length() + PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length())
             && pattern.startsWith( ANT_HANDLER_PREFIX ) && pattern.endsWith( PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX );
     }
 
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ private static String toOSRelatedPath( String pattern, String separator )
         return pattern;
     }
 
-    static boolean isRegexPrefixedPattern( String pattern )
+    public static boolean isRegexPrefixedPattern( String pattern )
     {
-        return pattern.length() > ( REGEX_HANDLER_PREFIX.length() + PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length() + 1 )
+        return pattern.length() > ( REGEX_HANDLER_PREFIX.length() + PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length())
             && pattern.startsWith( REGEX_HANDLER_PREFIX ) && pattern.endsWith( PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX );
     }
 
@@ -834,4 +834,23 @@ public static String removeWhitespace( String input )
         }
         return result.toString();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the pattern without the Regex or Ant prefix.  In the case of Ant style matches ensure
+     * that the path uses specified separator.
+     * @param pattern the pattern to extract from.
+     * @param separator the system file name separator in the pattern.
+     * @return The pattern without the Regex or Ant prefix.
+     */
+    public static String extractPattern(final String pattern, final String separator) {
+        if (isRegexPrefixedPattern(pattern)) {
+            return pattern.substring(
+                    REGEX_HANDLER_PREFIX.length(), pattern.length() - PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length());
+        } else {
+            String localPattern = isAntPrefixedPattern(pattern)
+                    ? pattern.substring(ANT_HANDLER_PREFIX.length(), pattern.length() - PATTERN_HANDLER_SUFFIX.length())
+                    : pattern;
+            return toOSRelatedPath(localPattern, separator);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternTest.java
index bd523457..e61e9b30 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,20 @@
  */
 public class MatchPatternTest
 {
+    /**
+     * <p>testGetSource</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSource()
+    {
+        MatchPattern mp = MatchPattern.fromString( "ABC*" );
+        assertEquals("ABC*", mp.getSource());
+        mp = MatchPattern.fromString( "%ant[some/ABC*]" );
+        assertEquals("some/ABC*", mp.getSource());
+        mp = MatchPattern.fromString( "%regex[[ABC].*]" );
+        assertEquals("[ABC].*", mp.getSource());
+    }
+
     /**
      * <p>testMatchPath.</p>
      *
@@ -63,4 +79,20 @@ public void testMatchPatternStart()
         assertFalse( mp.matchPatternStart( "XXXX", false ) );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>testTokenizePathToString.</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testTokenizePathToString()
+    {
+        String[] expected = {"hello", "world"};
+        String[] actual = MatchPattern.tokenizePathToString("hello/world", "/");
+        assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+
+        actual = MatchPattern.tokenizePathToString("/hello/world", "/");
+        assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+
+        actual = MatchPattern.tokenizePathToString("/hello/world/", "/");
+        assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternsTest.java
index a10e340e..fc2b3fff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/MatchPatternsTest.java
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * <p>MatchPatternsTest class.</p>
  *
@@ -30,6 +34,18 @@
  */
 public class MatchPatternsTest
 {
+    /**
+     * <p>testGetSource</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetSources()
+    {
+        List<String> expected = Arrays.asList("ABC**", "some/ABC*", "[ABC].*");
+        MatchPatterns from = MatchPatterns.from( "ABC**", "%ant[some/ABC*]", "%regex[[ABC].*]" );
+        List<String> actual = from.getSources();
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
     /**
      * <p>testMatches.</p>
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtilsTest.java
index 160aa16d..63eb9ec2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/SelectorUtilsTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,41 @@
  */
 public class SelectorUtilsTest
 {
+    /**
+     * <p>testExtractPattern.</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testExtractPattern() {
+        assertEquals("[A-Z].*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%regex[[A-Z].*]", "/"));
+        assertEquals("ABC*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%ant[ABC*]", "/"));
+        assertEquals("some/ABC*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%ant[some/ABC*]", "/"));
+        assertEquals("some\\ABC*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%ant[some\\ABC*]", "\\"));
+        assertEquals("some/ABC*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%ant[some\\ABC*]", "/"));
+        assertEquals("some\\ABC*", SelectorUtils.extractPattern("%ant[some/ABC*]", "\\"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>testIsAntPrefixedPattern.</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testIsAntPrefixedPattern() {
+        assertTrue(SelectorUtils.isAntPrefixedPattern("%ant[A]")); // single char not allowed
+        assertTrue(SelectorUtils.isAntPrefixedPattern("%ant[AB]"));
+        assertFalse(SelectorUtils.isAntPrefixedPattern("%ant[]"));
+        assertFalse(SelectorUtils.isAntPrefixedPattern("*"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>testIsRegexPrefixedPattern.</p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testIsRegexPrefixedPattern() {
+        assertTrue(SelectorUtils.isRegexPrefixedPattern("%regex[A]")); // single char not allowed
+        assertTrue(SelectorUtils.isRegexPrefixedPattern("%regex[.*]"));
+        assertFalse(SelectorUtils.isRegexPrefixedPattern("%regex[]"));
+        assertFalse(SelectorUtils.isRegexPrefixedPattern("*"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * <p>testMatchPath_DefaultFileSeparator.</p>
      */