diff --git a/jdiff/plugin.jelly b/jdiff/plugin.jelly
index 65d60c99..7684f234 100644
--- a/jdiff/plugin.jelly
+++ b/jdiff/plugin.jelly
@@ -67,10 +67,13 @@
 
     <j:set var="docsDest" value="${maven.docs.dest}"/>
     <maven:get var="javadocDestdir" plugin="maven-javadoc-plugin" property="maven.javadoc.destdir" />
-      
+    
     <ant:property name="maven.jdiff.changes.dir" value="${docsDest}/jdiff"/>    
     <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.jdiff.changes.dir}"/>
             
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="javadocDestdir" path="${javadocDestdir}" basedir="${docsDest}" />
+    <j:set var="javadocDestdir" value="../${javadocDestdir}"/>
+
     <ant:condition property="maven.jdiff.new.current" value="true">
       <ant:equals arg1="${maven.jdiff.new.tag}" arg2="CURRENT"/>
     </ant:condition>
diff --git a/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml b/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1f6cad7c..bbfcad93 100644
--- a/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/jdiff/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix">Use relative links to the javadoc.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">It requires at least maven-plugin-plugin v1.7.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2005-09-06">
