diff --git a/multiproject/plugin.jelly b/multiproject/plugin.jelly
index 7d3e1c83..5a29480d 100644
--- a/multiproject/plugin.jelly
+++ b/multiproject/plugin.jelly
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     <!-- generate navbar for project based on aggregate or independent -->    
     <j:set var="encoding" value="${maven.docs.outputencoding}"/>
     <j:if test="${navType != ''}">
+      <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.docs}"/>
       <echo>Producing ${navType} navigation...</echo> 
       <velocity:merge 
         name="${maven.gen.docs}/navigation.xml"
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@
     <!-- FIXME: Will the xdoc stuff screw this up?? -->
     <util:file var="userNavTemplate" name="${userNav}"/>
     <j:if test="${userNavTemplate.exists()}">
+      <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.docs}"/>
       <echo>Producing user supplied navigation...</echo> 
-
       <velocity:merge 
         name="${maven.gen.docs}/navigation.xml"
         basedir="${maven.docs.src}"
diff --git a/multiproject/xdocs/changes.xml b/multiproject/xdocs/changes.xml
index c8c522da..2585cd81 100644
--- a/multiproject/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/multiproject/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPMULTIPROJECT-63">Error when generating navigation.xml.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPMULTIPROJECT-58" due-to="Lucas Persson">Possibility to re-execute <code>multiproject:projects-init</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPMULTIPROJECT-45">multiproject:clean doesn't remove top target directory.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : 
