diff --git a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-amp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-amp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 703f6168..27121b86 100644
--- a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-amp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-amp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -158,8 +158,24 @@
 		<url>http://domain.com/svn/trunk/</url>
 	</scm>
 	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Needed for cross OS compatibility in acp/zip encoding -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <!-- By default as per http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7 FTL are not filtered to avoid corruption.
+                        | This behavior can be relaxed (in case filtering is needed in the FTLs) by selecting which files are filtered and which not as described 
+                        | here http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7#c3
+                        -->
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>ftl</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-nosnapshot-plugin</artifactId>
 				<groupId>org.alfresco.maven</groupId>
 				 <version>0.0.5</version>
diff --git a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2942e27c..2d7fcd3d 100644
--- a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-extension-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -253,20 +253,27 @@
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
 
-		<plugins>
-			<!-- Needed for cross OS compatibility in acp/zip encoding -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Needed for cross OS compatibility in acp/zip encoding -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.5</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<!--
-				useful for eclipse project configuration. Run "mvn eclipse:eclipse"
-				and hit "F5" on the project
-			-->
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <!-- By default as per http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7 FTL are not filtered to avoid corruption.
+                        | This behavior can be relaxed (in case filtering is needed in the FTLs) by selecting which files are filtered and which not as described 
+                        | here http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7#c3
+                        -->
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>ftl</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <!--
+                useful for eclipse project configuration. Run "mvn eclipse:eclipse"
+                and hit "F5" on the project
+            -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index d455fb07..9a0b5b2d 100644
--- a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@
 					<webResources></webResources>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+             <!-- Needed for cross OS compatibility in acp/zip encoding -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <!-- By default as per http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7 FTL are not filtered to avoid corruption.
+                        | This behavior can be relaxed (in case filtering is needed in the FTLs) by selecting which files are filtered and which not as described 
+                        | here http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7#c3
+                        -->
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>ftl</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
diff --git a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-module-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-module-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2a376fdc..394f1cde 100644
--- a/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-module-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-alfresco-archetypes/maven-alfresco-share-module-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -32,4 +32,24 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Spring Surf dependencies are available via proxy via maven.alfresco.com so just add them below -->
 	</dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+             <!-- Needed for cross OS compatibility in acp/zip encoding -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <!-- By default as per http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7 FTL are not filtered to avoid corruption.
+                        | This behavior can be relaxed (in case filtering is needed in the FTLs) by selecting which files are filtered and which not as described 
+                        | here http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail?id=7#c3
+                        -->
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>ftl</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>