diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractMatchMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractMatchMojo.java
index e365a99..883d8ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractMatchMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractMatchMojo.java
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	
 	@Parameter( property = "patterns", required = true )
 	protected List<String> patterns;
+	
+	@Parameter( property = "negate", required = true, defaultValue = "false" )
+	protected boolean negate = false;
 
 	private List<Pattern> compiledPatterns;
 	
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 			
 		if (this.allowMultiLineMatch)
 			return this.matches(strbuilder.toString());
-		return false;
+		return this.negate;
 	}
 	
 	protected boolean matches(String text) {
@@ -95,14 +98,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
     		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
     		if (this.allowPartialMatch) {
     			if (matcher.find())
-    				return true;
+    				return !this.negate;
     		} else {
     			if (matcher.matches())
-    				return true;
+    				return !this.negate;
     		}
     	}
 
-    	return false;
+    	return this.negate;
     }
 	
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFileContentMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFileContentMojo.java
index 8e7c0c4..e4864ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFileContentMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/MatchFileContentMojo.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class MatchFileContentMojo extends AbstractMatchMojo {
 			throw new MojoExecutionException("Execution failed due to an I/O related issue", ie);
 		}
     	
-    	return false;
+    	return this.negate;
     }
     
     @Override