diff --git a/license/plugin.jelly b/license/plugin.jelly
index a776868a..d49bfdcc 100644
--- a/license/plugin.jelly
+++ b/license/plugin.jelly
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@
         </echo>
         <j:set var="licenseFile" value='${plugin.resources}/LICENSE.txt'/>
       </j:if>
-
+      
+      <!-- Slurp in the license text so it's available the j:file operation. -->
+      <util:loadText file="${licenseFile}" var="licenseText"/>
+      
       <j:file name="${genDocs}/license.xml" prettyPrint="true" xmlns="dummy">
         <j:include file="${plugin.resources}/license.xml"/>
       </j:file>