diff --git a/java/plugin.jelly b/java/plugin.jelly
index 1cb7806c..b8b4e6b4 100644
--- a/java/plugin.jelly
+++ b/java/plugin.jelly
@@ -205,8 +205,15 @@
     <property name="maven.jar.to.deploy" value="${maven.final.name}.jar"/>
     <property name="dir" value="${maven.repo.central.directory}/${pom.artifactDirectory}/jars"/>
     
+    <util:replace var="jarToDeploy" oldChar="\" newChar="/">${maven.build.dir}/${maven.jar.to.deploy}</util:replace>
+    <util:replace var="forwardSlashBaseDir" oldChar="\" newChar="/" value="${basedir}"/>
+    <j:if test="${!forwardSlashBaseDir.endsWith('/')}">
+      <j:set var="base" value="${forwardSlashBaseDir}/" />
+    </j:if>
+    <j:set var="relativePath">${jarToDeploy.substring(base.length())}</j:set>
+    
     <deploy:artifact
-      artifact="${maven.build.dir}/${maven.jar.to.deploy}"
+      artifact="${relativePath}"
       type="jars"
       assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
       siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@; chmod g+w ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; chgrp maven ${maven.jar.to.deploy}; ln -sf ${maven.jar.to.deploy} ${pom.artifactId}-SNAPSHOT.jar; echo ${snapshotVersion} > ${pom.artifactId}-snapshot-version"