diff --git a/faq/plugin.jelly b/faq/plugin.jelly
index 60734148..96d6a332 100644
--- a/faq/plugin.jelly
+++ b/faq/plugin.jelly
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@
         
     <j:set var="outputencoding" value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.outputencoding')}"/>
 
-    <x:parse var="doc" xml="${srcfileFile}"/>    
-    <x:set var="root" select="$doc/*"/>
+    <util:available file="${srcfile}">
+      <j:set var="srcFileExists" value="true" />
+    </util:available>
+    <j:if test="${srcFileExists == 'true'}">
+      <x:parse var="doc" xml="${srcfileFile}"/>    
+      <x:set var="root" select="$doc/*"/>
 
-    <j:file name="${destfile}" encoding="${outputencoding}" outputMode="xml">
+      <j:file name="${destfile}" encoding="${outputencoding}" outputMode="xml">
 <document>
 
   <properties>
@@ -98,7 +102,8 @@
     </x:forEach>
   </body>
 </document>
-    </j:file>
+      </j:file>
+    </j:if>
   </goal>
 
 </project>