diff --git a/branch-info.txt b/branch-info.txt
index d23d0f1..bda4406 100644
--- a/branch-info.txt
+++ b/branch-info.txt
@@ -1455,3 +1455,7 @@
   Release notes for GWT 2.0.1.
   svn merge -c7505 --ignore-ancestry https://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
 
+trunk@7510 was merged into this branch
+  Add -Dgwt.args to ant build files, update release notes.
+  svn merge --ignore-ancestry -c 7510 \
+      http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk .
diff --git a/distro-source/core/src/release_notes.html b/distro-source/core/src/release_notes.html
index 13bc4c4..07cd862 100644
--- a/distro-source/core/src/release_notes.html
+++ b/distro-source/core/src/release_notes.html
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@
         In GWT 2.0, such argument names were incorrectly changed to ARGn. Most GWT applications will be unaffected, but external systems relying on these names will need to be updated.
         </li>
         <li>The development mode server will, by default, only bind to localhost which will break cross-machine debugging.  You can get the old behavior by specifying 
-        <code>-bindAddress 0.0.0.0</code>.  Please see issue (#<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4322">4322</a>) for more details.</li>
+        <code>-bindAddress 0.0.0.0</code>.  Please see issue (#<a
+        href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4322">4322</a>)
+        for more details.  For webAppCreator-generated ant files, you can pass
+        this with <tt>ant -Dgwt.args="-bindAddress 0.0.0.0" devmode</tt>.</li>
         <li>The CurrencyList/CurrencyData APIs are now public - if you were relying upon these classes in their non-public location, you should only need to update your 
         imports.</li>
       </ul>
-      
+
       <h3>Noteworthy Fixed Issues</h3>
       <ul>
         <li>UiBinder Image class with resource attribute, removes styles on that image (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4415">#4415</a>)</li>
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@
         <li>HTMLTable.Cell.getElement() calls getCellFormatter().getElement() with row and column swapped RequestBuilder restricted to GET and POST (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3757">#3757</a>)</li>
         <li>MenuBar steals focus when hovered (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3884">#3884</a>)</li>
         <li>TabLayoutPanel tabs don't line up properly on IE (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=4447">#4447</a>)</li>
+        <li>webAppCreator produces ant build files which support the gwt.args
+        property for passing additional flags to the gwtc and devmode rules,
+        such as <tt>ant -Dgwt.args="-style PRETTY" gwtc</tt>.</li>
       </ul>
       <p>
         See the GWT issue tracker for
diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/tools/project.ant.xmlsrc b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/tools/project.ant.xmlsrc
index 0547a8e..07e8c5c 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/tools/project.ant.xmlsrc
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/tools/project.ant.xmlsrc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <project name="@moduleShortName" default="build" basedir=".">
+  <!-- Arguments to gwtc and devmode targets -->
+  <property name="gwt.args" value="" />
+
   <!-- Configure path to GWT SDK -->
   <property name="gwt.sdk" location="@gwtSdk" />
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@
       <!-- add jvmarg -Xss16M or similar if you see a StackOverflowError -->
       <jvmarg value="-Xmx256M"/>
       <!-- Additional arguments like -style PRETTY or -logLevel DEBUG -->
+      <arg line="${gwt.args}"/>
       <arg value="@moduleName"/>
     </java>
   </target>
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@
       <arg value="-startupUrl"/>
       <arg value="@startupUrl"/>
       <!-- Additional arguments like -style PRETTY or -logLevel DEBUG -->
+      <arg line="${gwt.args}"/>
       <arg value="@moduleName"/>
     </java>
   </target>@antEclipseRule