diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/clearcase/AbstractClearCaseScm.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/clearcase/AbstractClearCaseScm.java
index e6167cb8..2614ccab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/clearcase/AbstractClearCaseScm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/clearcase/AbstractClearCaseScm.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private static final class IsUnix implements Callable<Boolean, IOException> {
         IsUnix() {
         }
 
-        @Override
+
         public Boolean call() throws IOException {
             return File.pathSeparatorChar == ':';
         }
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ public Boolean call() throws IOException {
     private boolean                       filteringOutDestroySubBranchEvent;
     private boolean                       freezeCode;
     private String                        loadRules;
+    private String[]					  loadRulesForModuleRoot = {};
     private String                        loadRulesForPolling;
     private String                        mkviewOptionalParam;
     private int                           multiSitePollBuffer;
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ public AbstractClearCaseScm(final String viewName, final String mkviewOptionalPa
      */
     @Override
     public void buildEnvVars(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Map<String, String> env) {
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         VariableResolver.Union<String> variableResolver = new VariableResolver.Union<String>(new BuildVariableResolver(build, true),
                 new VariableResolver.ByMap<String>(env));
         String normalizedViewName = getViewName(variableResolver);
@@ -300,7 +301,11 @@ public void buildEnvVars(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Map<String, String> env) {
             } else {
                 String workspace = env.get("WORKSPACE");
                 if (workspace != null) {
-                    env.put(CLEARCASE_VIEWPATH_ENVSTR, workspace + PathUtil.fileSepForOS(isUnix) + normalizedViewPath);
+                	if ( loadRulesForModuleRoot.length == 0 ) {
+                		env.put(CLEARCASE_VIEWPATH_ENVSTR, workspace + PathUtil.fileSepForOS(isUnix) + normalizedViewPath);
+                	} else {
+                		env.put(CLEARCASE_VIEWPATH_ENVSTR, workspace + PathUtil.fileSepForOS(isUnix) + normalizedViewPath + PathUtil.fileSepForOS(isUnix) + loadRulesForModuleRoot[0]);
+                	}
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -408,6 +413,7 @@ public Filter configureFilters(VariableResolver<String> variableResolver, Abstra
 
         String filterRegexp = "";
         String[] viewPaths = getViewPaths(variableResolver, build, launcher, false);
+        loadRulesForModuleRoot = viewPaths;
         if (viewPaths != null) {
             filterRegexp = getViewPathsRegexp(viewPaths, launcher.isUnix());
         }
@@ -554,21 +560,37 @@ public String getLoadRulesForPolling() {
     public String getMkviewOptionalParam() {
         return mkviewOptionalParam;
     }
-
+    
     @Override
     public FilePath getModuleRoot(FilePath workspace) {
-        return getModuleRoot(workspace, null);
+    		return getModuleRoot(workspace, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     public FilePath getModuleRoot(FilePath workspace, AbstractBuild build) {
+    	if (loadRulesForModuleRoot.length == 0) {
+    		return getModuleRoot(workspace, build, null);	
+    	} else {
+    		return getModuleRoot(workspace, build, loadRulesForModuleRoot);
+    	}  	
+    }
+    public FilePath getModuleRoot(FilePath workspace, AbstractBuild build, String[] loadRulesForModuleRoot) {
         if (useDynamicView) {
-            String normViewName = getNormalizedViewName();
-            return new FilePath(workspace.getChannel(), viewDrive).child(normViewName);
+        	String normViewName = getNormalizedViewName();
+            if (loadRulesForModuleRoot == null){
+            	return new FilePath(workspace.getChannel(), viewDrive).child(normViewName);
+            }
+            else {
+            	return new FilePath(workspace.getChannel(), viewDrive).child(normViewName).child(loadRulesForModuleRoot[0]);
+            }
         }
         String normViewPath = getNormalizedViewPath();
         if (normViewPath != null) {
-            return workspace.child(normViewPath);
+            if (loadRulesForModuleRoot == null){
+            	return workspace.child(normViewPath);	
+            } else {
+            	return workspace.child(normViewPath).child(loadRulesForModuleRoot[0]);
+            }
         }
         if (build == null) {
             normViewPath = getViewPath();
@@ -576,12 +598,16 @@ public FilePath getModuleRoot(FilePath workspace, AbstractBuild build) {
             normViewPath = getViewPath(new BuildVariableResolver(build));
         }
         if (normViewPath != null) {
-            return workspace.child(normViewPath);
+        	if (loadRulesForModuleRoot == null){
+        		return workspace.child(normViewPath);
+        	} else {
+        		return workspace.child(normViewPath).child(loadRulesForModuleRoot[0]);
+        	}
         }
         // Should never happen, because viewName must not be null, and if viewpath is null, then it is made equal to viewName
         throw new IllegalStateException("View path name cannot be null. There is a bug inside AbstractClearCaseScm.");
     }
-
+    
     public int getMultiSitePollBuffer() {
 
         return multiSitePollBuffer;
@@ -618,8 +644,7 @@ public String getViewPath(VariableResolver<String> variableResolver) {
         }
         return normalized;
     }
-
-    /**
+    /**    
      * Return string array containing the paths in the view that should be used when polling for changes.
      * 
      * @param variableResolver
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/loadrules.html b/src/main/webapp/loadrules.html
index 3564d07b..7f70c270 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/loadrules.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/loadrules.html
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
 	An individual load rule can specify a file or a directory. A load rule that specifies a directory 
 	loads the directory and all its contents (files and subdirectories). A load rule that 
 	specifies a file loads only the specified file. To load all resources in a VOB or a component, 
-	create a load rule that specifies the root directory of the
-	VOB or component.
+	create a load rule that specifies the root directory of the VOB or component.
+	The load rule placed in the <b>first line</b> is to determine this checked-out root directory 
+	(usually where pom.xml, build.xml and so on exists). 
   </p>
   <p>
     For dynamic views, the load rules will be used to determine the