Index: src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher.java	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher.java	(working copy)
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@
     public static final PluginDescriptor FIND_BUGS_DESCRIPTOR = new FindBugsDescriptor();
     /** Ant file-set pattern of files to work with. */
     private final String pattern;
+    /** Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources. */
+    private final String projectPattern;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance of <code>FindBugsPublisher</code>.
      *
      * @param pattern
      *            Ant file-set pattern to scan for FindBugs files
+     * @param projectPattern
+     *            Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources.
      * @param threshold
      *            Annotation threshold to be reached if a build should be considered as
      *            unstable.
@@ -67,13 +71,14 @@
     // CHECKSTYLE:OFF
     @SuppressWarnings("PMD.ExcessiveParameterList")
     @DataBoundConstructor
-    public FindBugsPublisher(final String pattern, final String threshold, final String newThreshold,
-            final String failureThreshold, final String newFailureThreshold,
+    public FindBugsPublisher(final String pattern, final String projectPattern, final String threshold, 
+            final String newThreshold, final String failureThreshold, final String newFailureThreshold,
             final String healthy, final String unHealthy,
             final String height, final String thresholdLimit, final String defaultEncoding) {
         super(threshold, newThreshold, failureThreshold, newFailureThreshold,
                 healthy, unHealthy, height, thresholdLimit, defaultEncoding, "FINDBUGS");
         this.pattern = pattern;
+        this.projectPattern = projectPattern;
     }
     // CHECKSTYLE:ON
 
@@ -86,6 +91,15 @@
         return pattern;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources.
+     *
+     * @return Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources.
+     */
+    public String getProjectPattern() {
+        return projectPattern;
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public Action getProjectAction(final AbstractProject<?, ?> project) {
@@ -98,7 +112,7 @@
         logger.log("Collecting findbugs analysis files...");
         FilesParser collector = new FilesParser(logger, StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(getPattern(), DEFAULT_PATTERN),
                 new FindBugsParser(build.getProject().getWorkspace()),
-                isMavenBuild(build), isAntBuild(build));
+                isMavenBuild(build), isAntBuild(build), getProjectPattern());
         ParserResult project = build.getProject().getWorkspace().act(collector);
         FindBugsResult result = new FindBugsResultBuilder().build(build, project, getDefaultEncoding());
 
Index: src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsReporter.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsReporter.java	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsReporter.java	(working copy)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         sources.addAll(pom.getTestCompileSourceRoots());
 
         FilesParser findBugsCollector = new FilesParser(logger, determineFileName(mojo),
-                    new FindBugsParser(build.getModuleSetRootDir(), sources), true, false);
+                    new FindBugsParser(build.getModuleSetRootDir(), sources), true, false, null);
 
         return getTargetPath(pom).act(findBugsCollector);
     }
Index: src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/FilesParser.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/FilesParser.java	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/FilesParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     private final boolean isMavenBuild;
     /** Determines whether this build uses ant. */
     private final boolean isAntBuild;
+    /** Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources. */
+    private final String projectPattern;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance of <code>CheckstyleCollector</code>.
@@ -47,13 +49,16 @@
      *            determines whether this build uses maven
      * @param isAntBuild
      *            determines whether this build uses maven
+     * @param projectPattern
+     *            Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources.
      */
-    public FilesParser(final PluginLogger logger, final String filePattern, final AnnotationParser parser, final boolean isMavenBuild, final boolean isAntBuild) {
+    public FilesParser(final PluginLogger logger, final String filePattern, final AnnotationParser parser, final boolean isMavenBuild, final boolean isAntBuild, final String projectPattern) {
         this.logger = logger;
         this.filePattern = filePattern;
         this.parser = parser;
         this.isMavenBuild = isMavenBuild;
         this.isAntBuild = isAntBuild;
+        this.projectPattern = projectPattern;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public ParserResult invoke(final File workspace, final VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException {
-        ParserResult result = new ParserResult(new FilePath(workspace));
+        ParserResult result = new ParserResult(new FilePath(workspace), projectPattern);
 
         try {
             String[] fileNames = new FileFinder(filePattern).find(workspace);
@@ -156,4 +161,4 @@
             log(errorMessage);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
Index: src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/ParserResult.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/ParserResult.java	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/plugins/findbugs/util/ParserResult.java	(working copy)
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
  * @author Ulli Hafner
  */
 public class ParserResult implements Serializable {
+    /** Default FindBugs project pattern. */
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PROJECT_PATTERN = "**/*";
     /** Unique ID of this class. */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8414545334379193330L;
     /** The parsed annotations. */
@@ -44,12 +46,14 @@
     /** A mapping of relative file names to absolute file names. */
     @SuppressWarnings("Se")
     private final Map<String, String> fileNameCache = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    /** Ant file-set pattern of files where we will search for sources. */
+    private final String projectPattern;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance of {@link ParserResult}.
      */
     public ParserResult() {
-        this((FilePath)null);
+        this((FilePath)null, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,8 +61,10 @@
      *
      * @param workspace
      *            the workspace to find the files in
+     * @param projectPattern 
+     *            the pattern to search for files
      */
-    public ParserResult(final FilePath workspace) {
+    public ParserResult(final FilePath workspace, final String projectPattern) {
         this.workspace = workspace;
 
         Priority[] priorities = Priority.values();
@@ -66,6 +72,12 @@
         for (int priority = 0; priority < priorities.length; priority++) {
             annotationCountByPriority.put(priorities[priority], 0);
         }
+
+        if (projectPattern == null || projectPattern.equals("")) {
+            this.projectPattern = DEFAULT_PROJECT_PATTERN;
+        } else {
+            this.projectPattern = projectPattern;
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -76,7 +88,7 @@
      *            the annotations to add
      */
     public ParserResult(final Collection<FileAnnotation> annotations) {
-        this((FilePath)null);
+        this((FilePath)null, null);
 
         addAnnotations(annotations);
     }
@@ -115,7 +127,7 @@
      *             if the user cancels the search
      */
     private void populateFileNameCache() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        String[] allFiles = workspace.act(new FileFinder("**/*"));
+        String[] allFiles = workspace.act(new FileFinder(projectPattern));
         for (String file : allFiles) {
             String fileName = new File(file).getName();
             if (fileNameCache.containsKey(fileName)) {
Index: src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.properties
===================================================================
--- src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.properties	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.properties	(working copy)
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
              		Basedir of the fileset is <a href='ws/'>the workspace root</a>. \
              		If no value is set, then the default '**/findbugs.xml' is used. Be sure not to include any \
     		 		non-report files into this pattern.
+description.projectPattern=<a href='http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/fileset.html'>Fileset 'includes'</a> \
+             		setting that specifies where to look for source code and related files.
+    		 		
\ No newline at end of file
Index: src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.jelly
===================================================================
--- src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.jelly	(revision 16029)
+++ src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/findbugs/FindBugsPublisher/config.jelly	(working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 			checkUrl="'descriptorByName/FindBugsPublisher/checkPattern?value='+escape(this.value)" />
 	</f:entry>
    <f:advanced>
+    <f:entry title="${%Project files pattern}">
+        <f:textbox name="projectPattern" value="${instance.projectPattern}"
+            checkUrl="'descriptorByName/FindBugsPublisher/checkPattern?value='+escape(this.value)" />
+    </f:entry>
     <u:thresholds id="findbugs"/>
     <u:trendHeight/>
     <u:defaultEncoding id="findbugs"/>