diff --git a/checkstyle/plugin.properties b/checkstyle/plugin.properties
index 600a418e..11a9a394 100644
--- a/checkstyle/plugin.properties
+++ b/checkstyle/plugin.properties
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 # Checkstyle plugin
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+maven.checkstyle.dir = ${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle
 maven.checkstyle.includes = **/*.java
 maven.checkstyle.excludes = 
 maven.checkstyle.fail.on.violation = false
-maven.checkstyle.cache.file = ${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-cachefile
+maven.checkstyle.cache.file = ${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-cachefile
 maven.checkstyle.format = sun
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/LICENSE.txt
 maven.checkstyle.check.tests=true
@@ -33,5 +34,5 @@ maven.checkstyle.check.tests=true
 maven.checkstyle.usefile = true
 
 # Output files
-maven.checkstyle.output.xml=${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml
-maven.checkstyle.output.txt=${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt
+maven.checkstyle.output.xml = ${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml
+maven.checkstyle.output.txt = ${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
index 11b4e53c..43777f56 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="3.0-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="update">Added maven.checkstyle.dir and move output files there.</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="add">Added properties maven.checkstyle.output.xml and maven.checkstyle.output.txt</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">It requires at least maven-plugin-plugin v1.7.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">It requires at least maven-xdoc-plugin v1.10.</action>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/properties.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/properties.xml
index c4c97fad..8b0aa188 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
     <section name="Checkstyle Settings">
       <table>
         <tr><th>Property</th><th>Optional?</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.checkstyle.dir</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Output directory for output checkstyle files
+            Default <code>${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle</code>.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.checkstyle.includes</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@
           <td>
             Specifies the cache file used to speed up Checkstyle on
             successive runs.  The default value is
-            <code>${maven.build.dest}/checkstyle-cachefile</code>.
+            <code>${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-cachefile</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
@@ -142,7 +150,7 @@
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
             Output file where the xml report is written.
-            Defaults to <code>${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml</code>.
+            Defaults to <code>${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@
           <td>Yes</td>
           <td>
             Output file where the txt report is written.
-            Defaults to <code>${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt</code>.
+            Defaults to <code>${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
       </table>

Property	Optional?	Description
maven.checkstyle.dir	Yes	+ Output directory for output checkstyle files + Default `${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle`. +
maven.checkstyle.includes	Yes	Specifies the cache file used to speed up Checkstyle on successive runs. The default value is - `${maven.build.dest}/checkstyle-cachefile`. + `${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-cachefile`.
Yes	Output file where the xml report is written. - Defaults to `${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml`. + Defaults to `${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml`.
Yes	Output file where the txt report is written. - Defaults to `${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt`. + Defaults to `${maven.checkstyle.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.txt`.