diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/api/DefaultFileUploadService.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/api/DefaultFileUploadService.java
index 6e6da12b5..a30bc6d2f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/api/DefaultFileUploadService.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/web/api/DefaultFileUploadService.java
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ public class DefaultFileUploadService
         {
 
             String classifier = getStringValue( multipartBody, "classifier" );
-            boolean pomFile = BooleanUtils.toBoolean( getStringValue( multipartBody, "pomFile" ) );
-
+            boolean pomFile = BooleanUtils.toBoolean( getStringValue( multipartBody, "pomFile" ), "1", "" );
+            
             Attachment file = multipartBody.getAttachment( "files[]" );
 
             //Content-Disposition: form-data; name="files[]"; filename="org.apache.karaf.features.command-2.2.2.jar"
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/artifacts-management.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/artifacts-management.js
index 9a571355d..213ea43bf 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/artifacts-management.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/artifacts-management.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ define("archiva.artifacts-management",["jquery","i18n","utils","jquery.tmpl","kn
                   }
                 );
                 fileUpload.bind('fileuploadsubmit', function (e, data) {
-                  var pomFile = data.context.find('#pomFile' ).attr("checked");
+                  var pomFile = data.context.find('#pomFile' ).is(":checked");
                   var classifier = data.context.find('#classifier' ).val();
                   if (!data.formData){
                     data.formData={};