diff --git a/xdoc/plugin.jelly b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
index 3e880296..2858bb0d 100644
--- a/xdoc/plugin.jelly
+++ b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
       <j:forEach var="file" items="${docFiles.iterator()}">
 
-        <util:replace var="inDirForward" oldChar="\" newChar="/" value="${file.parent}"/>
+		<util:replace var="inDirForward" oldChar="\" newChar="/" value="${file.parent}"/>
         <j:set var="outDir" value="${dirMapper.mapFileName(inDirForward).0}"/>
         <mkdir dir="${outDir}"/>
 
@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@
     </j:if>
 
   </goal>
-
+  
+  
+  <!-- This is required as the linkchecker runs as a final pass over the generated
+       document tree -->
+  <goal name="xdoc:performJSL"
+  		description="Allows the LinkCheck plugin to xdoc a single directory">
+	<j:set var="maven.xdoc.src" value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-linkcheck-plugin').getVariable('maven.xdoc.src')}"/>
+    <doc:performJSL 
+    	srcdir="${maven.xdoc.src}" 
+    	destdir="${maven.docs.dest}"/>
+  </goal>
 
 </project>