diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
index 70f6b423..0f9b5f4c 100644
--- a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
+++ b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/site.jsl
@@ -39,12 +39,19 @@
         <x:if select="not($nav/title)">
           <title>${pom.name} - ${docTitle}</title>
         </x:if>
-        <j:set var="tigrisCss" value='"${relativePath}/style/tigris.css"'/>
-        <j:set var="mavenCss" value='"${relativePath}/style/maven.css"'/>
+        
         <style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
-          @import url(${tigrisCss});
-          @import url(${mavenCss});
+          @import url("${relativePath}/style/tigris.css");
+          @import url("${relativePath}/style/maven.css");
         ]]></style>
+        
+        <util:file var="projectCssFile" name="${maven.docs.src}/style/project.css"/>
+        <j:if test="${projectCssFile.exists()}">
+          <style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
+            @import url("${relativePath}/style/project.css");
+          ]]></style>
+        </j:if>
+        
         <!-- FIXME: once someone works out how to stop this breaking
         <x:element name="script"><x:attribute name="type">text/javascript</x:attribute>
           if (document.layers) {
diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/index.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/index.xml
index 12331675..72bab35f 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
         <code>maven.docs.src</code> directory (<code>xdocs</code> by
         default) to the final generated site.
       </p>
+      
+      <p>
+        If you create a <code>style/project.css</code> stylesheet under <code>maven.docs.src</code>,
+        it will be copied to the resulting document tree and imported into each page (via 
+        <code>@import</code>.  This allows you to easily add and modify 
+        the styles that are provided by Maven.
+      </p>
     </section>
  </body>
 </document>