diff --git a/linkcheck/plugin.jelly b/linkcheck/plugin.jelly
index 43f913dd..903f95ea 100644
--- a/linkcheck/plugin.jelly
+++ b/linkcheck/plugin.jelly
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
       <j:set var="maven.linkcheck.enable" value="true"/>
   </j:if>
   
+  <property name="maven.gen.docs" value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.gen.docs')}"/>
+  
+  
   <goal name="maven-linkcheck-plugin:register">
     <doc:registerReport 
       name="Link Check Report" 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@
        
   <goal name="maven-linkcheck-plugin:report">
     	<echo>This run of linkcheck does nothing except create a template linkcheck file</echo>
-    	<copy file="${plugin.resources}/linkcheck-temp.xml" toFile="${maven.build.dir}/linkcheck.xml"/>
+    	<copy file="${plugin.resources}/linkcheck-temp.xml" toFile="${maven.gen.docs}/linkcheck.xml"/>
   </goal>
   
   <postGoal name="xdoc:jelly-transform">